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Creaky

adjective

Worn and broken down by hard use. Synonyms: decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone. "A decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" , "A flea-bitten sofa" , "A run-down neighborhood" , "A woebegone old shack"

Having a rasping or grating sound. Synonym: screaky.

Of or pertaining to arthritis. Synonyms: arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy. "Rheumy with age and grief"

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"Creaky" Quotes from Famous Books

... was the front that was intact, but when our captain opened the street door we faced a cellar. Nothing beside remained. Or else we stepped upon creaky floors that sagged, through rooms swept by the iron brooms into vast dust heaps. From these protruded wounded furniture—the leg of a table, the broken arm of a chair, ...

— With the French in France and Salonika • Richard Harding Davis

Words linked to "Creaky" : noisy, creak, unhealthy, worn