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Rickety vs Tumbledown - What's the difference?

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Tumbledown is a synonym of rickety.



As adjectives the difference between rickety and tumbledown

is that rickety is of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky while tumbledown is in disrepair; poorly maintained.

rickety

English

Alternative forms

* ricketty

Adjective

(er)
  • Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.
    • He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
  • Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
    • The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
  • Affected with or suffering from rickets.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    tumbledown

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • in disrepair; poorly maintained
  • :They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.

    • Synonyms

    * bedraggled * broken-down * dilapidated * ramshackle * ruinous * rundown * tatterdemalion