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ramshackle
(encz) | ramshackle,chatrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ramshackle
(encz) | ramshackle,zchátralý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ramshackle
(gcide) | Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\ (r[a^]m"sh[a^]k*k'l), a. [Etymol.
uncertain.]
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
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There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
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Ramshackle
(gcide) | Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\, v. t.
To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]
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ramshackle
(wn) | ramshackle
adj 1: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled
tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old
pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, {broken-
down}, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle,
tatterdemalion, tumble-down] |
ramshackle
(devil) | RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture,
otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings
of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our
earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the
White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of
the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a
brick.
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battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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Ramshackle
(gcide) | Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\ (r[a^]m"sh[a^]k*k'l), a. [Etymol.
uncertain.]
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
[1913 Webster]
There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\, v. t.
To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]
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