down at heel

English - Turkish

Definition of down at heel in English Turkish dictionary

kılıksız

pejmürde

Related Terms

down at heels

(ayakkabı)topukları aşınmış

down-at-heel

Kılıksız, eski püskü giysili

down-at-heel

Pejmürde, eski püskü, yırtık

down at heels

{s} düşkün

down at heels

{s} pejmürde

down at heels

{s} sefil

down at heels

{s} topukları aşınmış

down at heels

{s} salaş

down at heels

{s} perişan

down at the heel

perişan kılıklı, hırpani, pejmürde

English - English

Definition of down at heel in English English dictionary

Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished

Last year, he was down at heel, homeless and had an erratic relationship with his family.

In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby

A pair of Oxford-mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very soiled white stockings.

{s} badly dressed due to lack of money; shabbily dressed ; wearing old clothes or ragged clothes due to lack of money; dilapidated; of run-down look

Related Terms

down at the heel

Alternative form of down at heel

down-at-heel

Attributive form of down at heel

down at the heel

{s} badly dressed due to lack of money; shabbily dressed ; wearing old clothes or ragged clothes due to lack of money; dilapidated; of run-down look

down-at-heel

Something that is down-at-heel is in a in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money. a down-at-heel disco in central East Berlin. a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner. = shabby. unattractive and not well cared for, because of a lack of money

Hyphenation

Down at heel

Turkish pronunciation

daun ät hil

Pronunciation

/ˈdoun ˈat ˈhēl/ /ˈdaʊn ˈæt ˈhiːl/

Etymology

[ 'daun ] (adverb.) before 12th century. Middle English doun, from Old English dune, short for adune, of dune, from a- , of off, from + dune, dative of dun hill.