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Synonyms for decayed

Most common

rotten rotted putrid unsound

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having undergone decay, rotted.

    The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.

Related words

Is a kind of
deteriorated

Example sentences

  • rotted The tree trunk was hollow because the center had rotted out.
  • unsound Your position is unprovable and unsound.
  • putrid A putrid smell came up out of the hole in the ground.
  • worn I'm getting pretty worn out driving every morning.
  • dilapidated Who lives in that dilapidated shack near the lake?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
decayedfalling
rottedrising
unsoundfalling
putridrising
putrescentsteady
wornrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
worn1
6 letters
rotten2, rotted2, putrid2, effete2
7 letters
corrupt2, unsound2
10 letters
putrescent
11 letters
dilapidated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rotten2 = 2 syllables).

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