creaky

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”

having a rasping or grating sound

• “they were alerted by the creaking gate”
• “creaky stairs”

of or pertaining to arthritis

• “my creaky old joints”
• “rheumy with age and grief”