decayed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Adjective

decayed (comparative more decayed, superlative 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.

Derived terms

• decayedness
• nondecayed
• semidecayed
• undecayed

Translations

rotted

Galician: podre (gl), mucio German: kaduk (de) Greek: Ancient: σαπρός (saprós) Latin: puter, cariōsus Malayalam: ജീർണ്ണിച്ച (jīṟṇṇicca), ചീഞ്ഞ (cīñña) Maori: pipirau, pirapirau Ottoman Turkish: چوروك (çürük) Russian: разложи́вшийся (ru) (razložívšijsja) Sanskrit: क्षित (sa) (kṣita), जर्जर (sa) (jarjara)

Verb

decayed

1. simple past and past participle of decay