Synonyms for Down at heel:

• adj.

  •mean (adjective)
  • menial,
  • seedy,
  • plebeian,
  • base,
  • undistinguished,
  • lowborn,
  • inferior,
  • proletarian,
  • lowly,
  • ordinary,
  • ignoble,
  • servile,
  • low,
  • squalid,
  • paltry,
  • ineffectual,
  • petty,
  • beggarly,
  • modest,
  • miserable,
  • run-down,
  • limited,
  • sordid,
  • down-at-heel,
  • wretched,
  • shabby,
  • tawdry,
  • narrow,
  • obscure,
  • mediocre,
  • insignificant,
  • vulgar,
  • pitiful,
  • hack,
  • unwashed,
  • humble,
  • scruffy,
  • contemptible,
  • common,
  • second-class,
  • second-rate.
  •needy (adjective)
  • penurious,
  • disadvantaged,
  • dirt poor,
  • necessitous,
  • flat,
  • underprivileged,
  • down to last cent,
  • down-and-out,
  • impecunious,
  • down and out,
  • poor,
  • poverty-stricken,
  • dead broke,
  • destitute,
  • Beggared,
  • penniless,
  • unprosperous,
  • indigent.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • needy.
  •ragged (adjective)
  • rent,
  • in holes,
  • badly worn,
  • scraggy,
  • poorly made,
  • serrated,
  • battered,
  • rugged,
  • patched,
  • worse for wear,
  • jagged,
  • unkempt,
  • notched,
  • desultory,
  • uneven,
  • shoddy,
  • broken,
  • unpressed,
  • shredded,
  • moth-eaten,
  • Frazzled,
  • mean,
  • badly dressed,
  • torn,
  • unfinished,
  • in rags,
  • dilapidated,
  • frayed,
  • tacky,
  • shaggy,
  • tatty,
  • fragmented,
  • irregular,
  • threadbare,
  • crude,
  • in tatters,
  • rough,
  • full of holes,
  • tattered,
  • disorganized,
  • dingy,
  • down at the heel.
  •scrubby (adjective)
  • meager,
  • decrepit,
  • deteriorating,
  • rickety,
  • disfigured,
  • ramshackle,
  • cure,
  • worn-out,
  • slipshod,
  • crummy,
  • tired,
  • decayed,
  • ruined,
  • all the worse for wear,
  • worn,
  • bedraggled,
  • ruinous,
  • neglected,
  • dog-eared,
  • desolate,
  • ragged,
  • gone to seed,
  • rundown,
  • pot,
  • bare,
  • Degenerated,
  • disreputable,
  • Deteriorated,
  • Decaying.
  •tacky (adjective)
  • unstylish,
  • unbecoming,
  • faded,
  • mangy,
  • frumpy,
  • out-of-date,
  • ratty,
  • sleazy,
  • poky,
  • messy,
  • slovenly,
  • gaudy,
  • broken-down,
  • stodgy,
  • dowdy,
  • unsuitable,
  • inelegant,
  • untidy,
  • nasty,
  • outmoded,
  • sloppy.
  •tatty (adjective)
  • scrubby.

Antonyms for Down at heel:

• adj.

  • mean
    high, sympathetic, moral, extreme, polite, extraordinary, kind, generous, uncommon, unselfish, aristocratic, superior, honest, compassionate, elevated, abnormal, nice, noble, unrestricted.
  • needy
    lucky, rich, privileged, wealthy, prosperous, affluent.
  • ragged
    even, new, fixed, smooth, kempt, complete.
  • tacky
    fresh, clean, classy, refined, expensive, good, respectable, tasteful.