flea-bitten

flea-bit·ten (flbtn)

adj.

1. Covered with fleas or fleabites.

2. Informal Seedy; dilapidated: a flea-bitten couch.

3. Having a pale coat with reddish-brown flecks. Used of horses.

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flea-bitten

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) bitten by or infested with fleas

2. Informal shabby or decrepit; mean

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of the coat of a horse) having reddish-brown spots on a lighter background

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

flea-bitten - worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" creaky, decrepit, derelict, run-down, woebegone worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

Translations

flea-bitten [ˈfliːbɪtn] ADJ (lit) [dog] → pulgoso (fig) → miserable

flea-bitten [ˈfliːˌbɪtn] adj → pulcioso/a (fig) → pidocchioso/a