ramshackle
Adjective Satellite
- in deplorable condition
- "a ramshackle old pier"
Adj
- In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
- Badly or carelessly organized.
Verb
- To ransack.
Examples
- They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).
Synonyms
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, beat, beat up, beaten up, crumbling, draggled, neglected, ramshackle, ruinous, run-down, seedy, timeworn, tumbledown
Antonyms
in good repair, intact, like new, rustless, spick-and-span, thrifty, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, untainted, well-kept, well-preserved
Scrabble Score: 21
ramshackle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordramshackle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ramshackle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary