Synonyms for creaky
ˈkri kicreaky

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1. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, run-down, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, sapless

   Antonyms:
   quiet, healthy, new

2. creaky, screakyadjective

   having a rasping or grating sound

   "creaky stairs"

   Synonyms:
   rheumatoid, squeaky, arthritic, squeaking, woebegone, screechy, flea-bitten, derelict, run-down, rheumy, squealing, screaky, rheumatic, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   quiet, new, healthy

3. arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumyadjective

   of or pertaining to arthritis

   "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"

   Synonyms:
   arthritic, woebegone, flea-bitten, derelict, run-down, rheumy, rheumatoid, rheumatic, decrepit, screaky

   Antonyms:
   healthy, new, quiet

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How to use creaky in a sentence?

1. Bob Barnes:

   It’s this big, huge, old museum, which is cool, [It’s] just got a better feel to it and it’s got the [creaky] floors, and it’s just full of history.