worn and broken down by hard use; a creaky shack; a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape; a flea-bitten sofa; a run-down neighborhood; a woebegone old shack

[ Syn: decrepit , derelict , flea-bitten , run-down , woebegone ]

having a rasping or grating sound; creaky stairs

[ Syn: screaky ]

of or pertaining to arthritis; my creaky old joints; rheumy with age and grief

[ Syn: arthritic , rheumatic , rheumatoid , rheumy ]