declinedadj.
/dɪˈklʌɪnd/poetic./dɪˈklʌɪnɪd/ Turned aside, deflected; sloped, oblique; brought low, debased, decayed; advanced towards its close: see the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition > having fallen
forlornc1386
fallen1550
ruinous1558
ruinate1562
declined1591
ruinated1592
ruined1596
lapsed1667
prolapsed1698
broken-down1816
decadent1837
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased
diminutec1475
suppeditate?1526
lessened1565
minished1590
declined1591
reduced1591
bated1600
contracted1603
waneda1616
mute1627
shrivelleda1631
refracted1635
imminutea1681
retrenched1693
lowered1730
diminished1745
subdued1785
dwindled1796
depressed1831
shrunken1873
downrated1958
whittled-down1961
pared-down1974
slim-down1978
slimmed-down1978
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)
oldeOE
winteredeOE
oldlyOE
over-oldOE
eldernc1175
at-oldc1200
stricken on, in age, in eldec1380
oldlya1382
(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386
ancientc1400
aged1420
well-agedc1450
ripec1480
passing oldc1485
(well) shot in years1530
old aged1535
agey1547
Ogygian1567
strucken1576
oldish1580
stricken in yearsa1586
declined1591
far1591
struck1597
Nestorian1605
overripe1605
elderly1611
eld1619
antiquated1631
enaged1631
thorough-old1639
emerita1643
grandevous1647
magnaevous1727
badgerly1753
(as) old as the hills1819
olden days1823
crusted1833
long in the tooth1841
oldened1854
mature1867
over the hill1950
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > downwards
devexc1420
declining1553
declined1591
declivy1609
declive1635
prone1655
declivous1684
pronate1703
coping1750
downgrade1858
declinous1864
1591 Declar. Great Troubles against Realme (new ed.) 2 Now in this his declined yeeres.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M1v My low declined Honor to aduance..? View more context for this quotation
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 10 Their declined Motions.
1792 C. Smith Desmond I. 129 Ecclesiastics..whose declined authority..you regret.
1798 G. Washington Let. 13 July in Writings (1893) XIV. 38 My earnest wish, that the choice had fallen on a man less declined in years.
Derivatives
deˈclinedness n.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > fallen condition
ruina1393
rot1581
declension1642
declinedness1648
downwardness1650
decayedness1702
decline1705
blast1795
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 196 The common fault of age, loquacity, is a plain evidence of the worlds declinedness.
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