Meaning of よれよれ in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level よれよれ

Romaji yoreyore

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up

Examples of , よれよれ in a sentence

彼は小型トラックとよれよれの大きな芝刈り機をもっていた。

He had an old pickup truck and a big, battered mower.
高齢の守衛、トム・スケレトンは、よれよれのアームチェアーに座りこんで、俳優たちが楽屋からの石段を上ってくるのを聞いていた。

Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms.

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