ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRrickety
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rickety
Meaning: poorly built and likely to shake or fall apart
rickety in a sentence
How rickety is used in real sentences:
The rickety wagon wobbled whenever it crossed a bump.
Each step made the rickety wooden ladder sway.
“The team's old boat looked rickety, and its loose boards rattled in every wave.”
— from the passage The Returning Shore
Synonyms for rickety
Other words for rickety — shaky, unstable and flimsy — carry the same meaning.
- shaky
- unstable
- flimsy
Antonyms of rickety
Words that mean the opposite of rickety:
- sturdy
- solid
Where it comes from
From English rickety, related to rickets
Memory hook
A rickety rack rocks and rattles.