| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| Engelska | Svenska |
| ragged adj | (clothing: tattered) | trasig, förstörd, söndrig adj |
| sliten, utsliten adj |
| Norma's heart was touched by the little boy's ragged clothing. |
| scruffy adj | (person: untidy) | ovårdad adj |
| (vardagligt) | sjaskig adj |
| sliten adj |
| otvättad, smutsig, lortig adj |
| Erika is so scruffy; her hair looks like she never combs it and her clothes are always creased. |
| worn adj | (clothing: showing signs of use) | sliten, nött adj |
| (omodern) | trådsliten adj |
| You can't go out in that old thing - look how worn it is! |
| Du kan inte gå ut i den gamla saken - titta så sliten (or: nött) den är! |
| trite adj | (clichéd, unoriginal) (uttjatad, tråkig) | banal adj |
| (tråkig, vanlig) | trivial adj |
| (alldaglig, innehållslös) | platt adj |
| (bildlig: uttjatad) | sliten, utsliten, utnött adj |
| Reviewers are saying the movie is formulaic and trite. |
| frayed adj | (fabric: worn at edges) | nött, sliten adj |
| fransig, fransad adj |
| (omodernt) | trådsliten, luggsliten adj |
| The skirt is beautiful, but the edges are a bit frayed now. |
| haggard adj | (person: looking worn out) | sliten adj |
| tärd adj |
| Emma's haggard appearance shocked her old friends. |
| threadbare adj | (worn, shabby) | trådsliten adj |
| luggsliten adj |
| sliten, nött adj |
| (tyg, plagg) | fransig adj |
| The old man shivered and pulled the threadbare blanket tight around his shoulders. |
| hackneyed adj | (clichéd, overused) | sliten adj |
| utnött adj |
| banal adj |
| Logan wasn't hired because his hackneyed writing style wasn't good enough for the newspaper. |
| outworn adj | (clothing: that no longer fits) | utsliten adj |
| sliten adj |
| It's time to throw away your outworn childhood clothing. |
| raddled adj | UK (worn, exhausted) | härjad adj |
| utbränd adj |
| (även bildlig) | sliten adj |
timeworn,
time-worn adj | (damaged over the years) | sliten adj |
| förfallen adj |
| (om byggnader) | fallfärdig adj |
| tumbledown adj | (in disrepair) (bildlig) | fallfärdig adj |
| nedgången adj |
| sliten adj |
| The young couple bought a tumbledown house, with the intention of renovating it. |
| beaten-up adj | informal (car, etc.: battered from use) | sliten adj |
| tilltygad adj |
| janky adj | US, informal (poor quality, shoddy) | skranglig adj |
| (vardaglig) | billig adj |
| sliten adj |
played out,
played-out adj | figurative (tired) (bildligt) | trött, sömnig adj |
| sliten, nedsliten adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| battered adj | (object: worn and torn) | sliten adj |
| nött adj |
| illa tilltygad, illa medfaren adv + adj |
| skamfilad adj |
| That battered toy should be thrown away. |
| frayed adj | figurative (temper, nerves: strained) | irriterad adj |
| (trött) | sliten adj |
| spänd adj |
| Brady's composure was frayed after the rapid-fire press conference. |
| washy adj | (lacking strength, intensity) | urvattnad adj |
| (generell) | sliten adj |
| svag adj |
| slummy adj | (building: run-down) | sliten adj |
| nedgången adj |
| förfallen adj |
| tatterdemalion adj | rare, literary (worn to shreds, ragged) (förled) | tras- adj |
| sliten adj |
played out,
played-out adj | figurative (no longer fresh) | utsliten, sliten, nedsliten adj |
| gammal adj |
| shabby adj | (person: wearing worn clothes) | sliten adj |
| (negativ) | sjabbig adj |
| nedgången adj |
| A shabby man knocked on the door; his suit was good quality, but very old and becoming ragged in places. |
| drawn adj | (expression, face: tired) | tärd, sliten adj |
| härjad adj |
| fårad adj |
| The boss's drawn face suggested he had spent the whole night in the office. |
| Chefens tärda (or: slitna) ansikte antydde att han hade spenderat hela natten på kontoret. |
run down,
run-down adj | informal (person: exhausted) | sliten adj |
| utmattad adj |
| medtagen adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| Well, Doctor, I've been feeling listless and run down recently. |
| dodgy adj | UK, informal (unhealthy, defective) (vardagligt) | dålig adj |
| krasslig adj |
| sliten adj |
| Years of running have left Dave with a dodgy knee. |
