decayed

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decayed

  • /dɪˈkeɪd/ UK, US

Rhymes with -eɪd

adjective more decayed · most decayed

  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.

Similar: blighted, cankered, decayed, dotterel, forworn, moldering, rotten, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrescent, putrid · Opposite: nondecayed, unblighted, uncankered, undecayed, unrotten

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of decay

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adj rotted

हिन्दीजर्जर jarjar
Deutschkaduk
Русскийразложи́вшийся razložívšijsja

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@misc{decayed_2026,
  title = {decayed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decayed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}