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tumbledown adjective [ ˈtʌmb(ə)ldaʊn ]

• (of a building or other structure) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.
• "tumbledown cottages"
Similar: dilapidated, ramshackle, crumbling, falling to pieces, disintegrating, decaying, decrepit, broken-down, neglected, run down, in disrepair, uncared-for, badly maintained, ruined, in ruins, derelict, gone to rack and ruin, ruinous, rickety, shaky, shacky, rumpty,
Opposite: well kept, well maintained,


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