Antonyms for tumble-down


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tuhm-buh l-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌm bəlˌdaʊn


Definition of tumble-down

  • As in ramshackle : adj falling apart; in poor condition
  • As in rickety : adj unsound, broken-down
  • As in run-down : adj shabby, in bad shape
  • As in decrepit : adj deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age
  • As in dilapidated : adj falling apart; in ruins
Example sentences :
  • There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • This tumble-down, six-roomed cottage was to be the saving of the family.
  • Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Didcot with its Banbury cakes and tumble-down station is passed.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (July 1884) » by Various
  • By these means the town acquired a tumble-down and battered appearance.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
  • A tumble-down place I found it, but I was overjoyed to be in it, nevertheless.
  • Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
  • They came to a tumble-down barn, but she was too cold and wet to stop where there was no fire.
  • Extract from : « Seven Miles to Arden » by Ruth Sawyer
  • It was very picturesque and tumble-down, and dirty and interesting.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • I am stifled in these narrow streets, amid these tumble-down houses, amid these alleys.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Pullen, he says as there's a tumble-down lime-kiln in that hollow.
  • Extract from : « Two Little Travellers » by Frances Browne Arthur
  • The woman stood in the doorway of the ramshackle, tumble-down shanty.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser

Synonyms for tumble-down

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