tumble-down

• Décrit un bâtiment ou une structure en très mauvais état, qui se dégrade ou tombe en ruine.

Describes a building or structure that is in a very bad condition, falling down, or dilapidated.

1. In deplorable conditionB2informal

   Describing a building or structure that is in a very poor, dilapidated, or ruined state, often falling apart.

   en ruine

   • They bought a tumble-down cottage in the countryside and renovated it.
   • The old factory was a tumble-down wreck, with broken windows and a sagging roof.
   • He lived in a tumble-down shack at the edge of town.

   Synonymesdecrepitdilapidatedramshacklericketyruinousrun-down

   Antonymessolidsoundstablesturdy