Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tatterdemalion

1 sense of tatterdemalion

Sense 1
ragamuffin, tatterdemalion -- (a dirty shabbily clothed urchin)
       => urchin -- (poor and often mischievous city child)

Antonyms of adj tatterdemalion

2 senses of tatterdemalion

Sense 1
tattered, tatterdemalion -- (worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince")

INDIRECT (VIA worn) -> new -- (unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new")

Sense 2
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")

INDIRECT (VIA damaged) -> undamaged -- (not harmed or spoiled; sound)

Similarity of adj tatterdemalion

2 senses of tatterdemalion

Sense 1
tattered, tatterdemalion -- (worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince")
       => worn (vs. new) -- (affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket")

Sense 2
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")
       => damaged (vs. undamaged) -- (harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings")

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