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decrepitenUK
de·crep·it D0081500 (dĭ-krĕp′ĭt)adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitus, worn out, feeble : dē-, de- + crepitus, past participle of crepāre, to burst, crack.]
de·crep′it·ly adv.decrepit (dɪˈkrɛpɪt) adj1. enfeebled by old age; infirm2. broken down or worn out by hard or long use; dilapidated[C15: from Latin dēcrepitus, from crepāre to creak] deˈcrepitly adv deˈcrepiˌtude, deˈcrepitness nde•crep•it (dɪˈkrɛp ɪt)
adj. 1. weakened by old age; feeble; infirm. 2. worn out or broken down by long use; dilapidated. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dēcrepitus=dē- de- + -crepitus, akin to crepāre to crack, burst] de•crep′it•ly, adv. de•crep′it•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | decrepit - 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"creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneworn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" | | 2. | decrepit - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"debile, infirm, sapless, weakly, rickety, feeble, weakfrail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" |
decrepitadjective1. ruined, broken-down, battered, crumbling, run-down, deteriorated, decaying, beat-up (informal), shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, dilapidated, antiquated, rickety, weather-beaten, tumbledown The film was shot in a decrepit police station.2. weak, aged, frail, wasted, fragile, crippled, feeble, past it, debilitated, incapacitated, infirm, superannuated, doddering a decrepit old mandecrepitadjective1. Not physically strong:delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly.2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.Informal: tacky.Slang: ratty.Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.TranslationsχούφταλοdecrépitocaducdécrépitvieuxdecrepitobacuccoMedicalSeedecrepitudedecrepitenUK
Synonyms for decrepitadj ruinedSynonyms- ruined
- broken-down
- battered
- crumbling
- run-down
- deteriorated
- decaying
- beat-up
- shabby
- worn-out
- ramshackle
- dilapidated
- antiquated
- rickety
- weather-beaten
- tumbledown
adj weakSynonyms- weak
- aged
- frail
- wasted
- fragile
- crippled
- feeble
- past it
- debilitated
- incapacitated
- infirm
- superannuated
- doddering
Synonyms for decrepitadj not physically strongSynonyms- delicate
- feeble
- flimsy
- fragile
- frail
- infirm
- insubstantial
- puny
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- weak
- weakly
adj showing signs of wear and tear or neglectSynonyms- bedraggled
- broken-down
- decaying
- dilapidated
- dingy
- down-at-heel
- faded
- mangy
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shabby
- shoddy
- sleazy
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tacky
- ratty
Synonyms for decrepitadj worn and broken down by hard useSynonyms- creaky
- derelict
- flea-bitten
- run-down
- woebegone
Related Wordsadj lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitalitySynonyms- debile
- infirm
- sapless
- weakly
- rickety
- feeble
- weak
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