flea-bitten flea·bit·ten uncommon adjective 1. 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” Synonymscreakydecrepitrun-downwoebegone Similarworn WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.