creaky
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- worn and broken down by hard use
- "a creaky shack"
- having a rasping or grating sound
- "creaky stairs"
- of or pertaining to arthritis
- "my creaky old joints"
Adj
- Tending to creak
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit
- arthritic or rheumatic
- Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
Origin / Etymology
From creak + -y.
Synonyms
arthritic, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy, run-down, screaky, woebegone
Scrabble Score: 15
creaky is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcreaky is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
creaky is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
creaky is a valid Words With Friends word