ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Downgone

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Downgone is an adjective meaning (US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby.

Meaning

(US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby.

Example Sentences

When they got to the place, Waits saw that auctions down valley were very seemingly like any others, and he saw the same crowd of buggies and mules and cars all hitched together around the downgone farm-place till it was a surprise anybody could untwine them one from the other.

Synonyms for downgone

Depending on context, synonyms include run-down, decrepit, shabby.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include down-at-the-heels, dowdified, downbad, downscale, dusty, low-down.

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