Pronunciation (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd Adjective decayed (comparative more decayed, superlative most decayed) Having undergone decay, rotted. The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down. (dated) Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune. 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 simple past and past participle of decay