fleabags

Run-down cheap hotels

Fleabags are shabby, run-down places—typically cheap hotels or motels in poor condition: We checked into some fleabag on the edge of town.

The term suggests a place so neglected it might harbor fleas.

It also applies to mangy animals, especially dogs, or disparagingly to unkempt people.

lodging

motel

Roadside lodging for drivers

rooming house · dosshouse · flophouse · dive · dump · hovel · rathole · hellhole · no-tell motel · roadside

insult

bum

Idle vagrant

  • trampWandering homeless person
  • vagrantHomeless itinerant person
  • drifterAimless, rootless traveler

derelict · hobo · ragamuffin · lowlife · deadbeat · down-and-out · scrounger · panhandler · vagabond · itinerant

animals

dogs

Domesticated barking mammals

scruffy · unkempt · matted · scratching · pound · shelter · alley cat · mongrel · cur · unwashed

infestation

bedbugs

Blood-feeding mattress insects

  • liceBloodsucking scalp insects
  • mitesMinuscule parasitic arachnids
  • ticksParasites or clock sounds

vermin · pests · parasites · infested · exterminator · fumigation · pesticide · bites · itching · scratching

Opposites
lodging quality

fleabagsluxury hotels

Premium overnight accommodations

palaces · grand hotels · resorts · boutique hotels · penthouse suites

animal condition

fleabagsshow dogs

Canines bred for competitions

purebreds · pedigrees · thoroughbreds · best in show

social status/desirability

fleabagsthoroughbreds

Animals of unmixed lineage

pedigrees · aristocrats · blue bloods · class acts · gems

Family

fleabag

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG