creaky

Adjective Satellite

• worn and broken down by hard use
  • "a creaky shack"
• having a rasping or grating sound
  • "creaky stairs"
• of or pertaining to arthritis
  • "my creaky old joints"

Adj

• Tending to creak
• Worn down by overuse; decrepit
• arthritic or rheumatic
• Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.

Adjective

• Making a harsh, squeaking sound when being moved or used.

Examples

• creaky tone
• His vocabulary felt creaky until he drew the Z he needed.

Synonyms

arthritic, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy, run-down, screaky, woebegone

Related Words

CREAKILY

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