Synonyms of the word

moth-eaten

• adj. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
• adj. old and in poor condition.

dusty

• adj. Covered with dust.
• adj. Powdery and resembling dust.
• adj. Grey in parts.

mothy

• adj. infested with moths.
• adj. moth-eaten.

ratty

• adj. Similar to a rat; ratlike.
• adj. Infested with rats.
• adj. (colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.

shabby

• adj. Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.
• adj. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
• adj. Mean; paltry; despicable.

stale

• adj. (alcohol, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed,…
• adj. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
• adj. (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
• adj. (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
• adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
• adj. (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
• n. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
• v. (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially…
• v. (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
• v. (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
• v. (alcohol, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
• n. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.).
• n. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
• n. (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
• n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
• n. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
• n. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
• n. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
• n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
• adj. (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
• v. (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
• v. (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
• n. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
• v. (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
• n. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
• n. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
• n. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
• n. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
• n. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. …
• n. (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
• n. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
• v. (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

tatty

• n. (Northern England, Geordie, slang) potato.
• adj. Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn.
• n. (India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it…

unoriginal

• adj. lacking originality.

worn

• adj. damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
• v. past participle of wear.