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decayed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪˈkeɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Having undergone decay, rotted.
    • The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
  2. (dated) Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more decayed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most decayed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

uncankered · unblighted · nondecayed · undecayed · unrotten

Deriveds

nondecayed · decayedness · semidecayed · undecayed

Hypernyms

deteriorated

Hyponyms

dozy · maggoty · leprous · rusted · worm-eaten · suppurant · pussy · hoary · carious · rusty · corroded · mildewed · purulent · doty · moldy · wormridden · moth-eaten

Relateds

ramshackle

Synonyms

cankered · blighted · putrefacient · rotten · dotterel · moldering · putrescent · putrefactive · putrid · decayed · forworn

Translations (15)

hi जर्जर (rotted) · grc σαπρός (rotted) · mi pirapirau (rotted) · ru разложи́вшийся (rotted) · mi pipirau (rotted) · de kaduk (rotted) · gl mucio (rotted) · sa जर्जर (rotted) · sa क्षित (rotted) · gl podre (rotted) · la puter (rotted) · ml ജീർണ്ണിച്ച (rotted) · la cariōsus (rotted) · ota چوروك (rotted) · ml ചീഞ്ഞ (rotted)

decayed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪˈkeɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of decay
    form of decay