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Synonyms for moth-eaten

  • adjective

Most common

cold ratty tatty rag-tag mothy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Cold

cold, stale, dusty, unoriginal

2. Shabby

shabby, tatty, ratty

Other

worn, rag-tag, mothy

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.

  2. adj. 2

    Old and in poor condition; worn-out.

Related words

Other spellings
motheaten

Example sentences

  • cold I don't mind the cold, but I can't stand the heat.
  • ratty I felt out of place with my ratty pants and wrinkled shirt.
  • tatty Tom's still got his tatty childhood teddy somewhere in the attic.

By length

4 letters
cold1, worn1
5 letters
dusty2, stale1, ratty2, tatty2, mothy
6 letters
shabby2
10 letters
unoriginal

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dusty2 = 2 syllables).