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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. worn and broken down by hard use;
- Example: "a creaky shack"
- Example: "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
- Example: "a flea-bitten sofa"
- Example: "a run-down neighborhood"
- Example: "a woebegone old shack"
[syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

flea-bitten \flea"-bit`ten\, a.
   1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said
      of the color of a horse.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. same as creaky, 1. [WordNet sense 1]

   Syn: creaky, decrepit, run-down, rundown, woebegone.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flea-bitten
    adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a
           decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
           tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood";
           "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit,
           derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]