Definition of "worm-eaten" []

Bored through or gnawed by worms. (adjective)
Decayed; rotten. (adjective)
Antiquated; decrepit. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "worm-eaten" in a sentence

"The third worm-eaten plank is Obama's undivided support of the American labor unions."
"Aura looks out her window for a sign of her brother but sees only a caterpillar inching its way along the worm-eaten frame."
"When he hits the boards, they're so worm-eaten that they break and he keeps going down into the basement."

Words like "worm-eaten"

chintz-covered

fusty

ill-ventilated

leather-covered

mouldy oaken old rickety

roughhewn unpainted vermiculate

white-painted

wormy worn worn-out worthless