threadbare

threadbare englannista suomeksi

1. hiutunut

2. kulunut

1. kulunut, nuhruinen, nukkavieru

2. nuhruinen

threadbare englanniksi

1. (senseid) Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

2. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

3. (RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires)

4. (RQ:Spectator)

5. (RQ:Irving Tales of a Traveller)

6. (RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)

7. (RQ:Dickens Little Dorrit)

8. (quote-journal)

10. In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.

(sense) (synonyms)

11. (RQ:Skelton Poetical Works)

12. (RQ:Swift Tale of a Tub)

13. (RQ:Carlyle Friedrich)

14. Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.

(synonyms)

(antonyms)

15. (quote-web)'' marks the point where Darkness (band)|The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself.

16. Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare ''((senseno))'' material; hence, impoverished, poor.

17. (RQ:Shadwell Timon)