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Decrepit

Decrepit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Decrepit? [adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Decrepit: creaky \| feeble \| flea-bitten \| frail \| infirm \| run-down \| sapless \| weak \| weakly \| woebegone \| worn Related Terms \| Find terms related to Decrepit: aged \| ancient \| anile \| antiquated \| battered \| beaten up \| beat-up \| bedraggled \| broken-down \| cast-off \| childish \| childlike \| crabbed \| creaking \| creaky \| crippled \| crumbling \| damaged \| debilitated \| decayed \| decaying \| derelict \| deteriorated \| dilapidated \| disabled \| disintegrating \| doddered \| doddering \| doddery \| doited \| doting \| down-at-heel \| elderly \| enervated \| enfeebled \| feeble \| flimsy \| fossilized \| fragile \| frail \| gaga \| gerontal \| gerontic \| haggard \| impaired \| in ruins \| incapacitated \| infirm \| injured \| insubstantial \| marred \| mossbacked \| moth-eaten \| mummylike \| old \| out of shape \| palsied \| papery-skinned \| poor \| poorish \| quavering \| ragged \| ramshackle \| ravaged with age \| rickety \| rotten \| rotten at \| ruined \| ruinous \| run to seed \| run-down \| rusty \| seedy \| senescent \| senile \| shabby \| shaking \| shaky \| shriveled \| slipshod \| sloppy \| slummy \| spoiled \| stricken in years \| superannuated \| tacky \| threadbare \| timeworn \| tired \| tottering \| tottery \| tumbledown \| unfirm \| unfit \| unkempt \| unsolid \| unsound \| unstable \| unsturdy \| unsubstantial \| used \| wasted \| weak \| weakened \| weakly \| withered \| wizened \| worn \| worn out See Also \| Decrepit In Webster's Dictionary \De*crep"it\, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. d['e]cr['e]pit. See {Crepitate}.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. ``Beggary or decrepit age.'' --Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley. Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

Decrepit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decrepit?

[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] 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"

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Decrepit In Webster's Dictionary

\De*crep"it\, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised
out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about
quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]pit. See {Crepitate}.]
Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities
of old age; feeble; worn out. ``Beggary or decrepit age.''
--Milton.

      Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley.

Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

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