decrepit
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- adjective
- /dɪˈkrɛpɪt/
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decrépito
- I don't have to keep up appearances anymore; I am old and decrepit.
- mentally decrepit
- physically decrepit
- old and decrepit
So poor Tiffanus got older and older and older every year, decrepit, a bag of bones.
- So poor Tiffanus got older and older and older every year, decrepit, a bag of bones.
- I will not, I will not mentally or physically get decrepit.
- That's showing them lungs that were decrepit didn't work.
- Like that kind of burns looked weak and decrepit.
Examples
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The old car sat in the driveway, decrepit and covered in rust.
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"Was it an important page?" asked Gomez Cuevas in his decrepit voice.
Fiction book (1994) -
How did a decrepit old man like you ever get in the war?
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This is a often a very old, very tall, decrepit tree that is getting ready to fall over in the next storm.
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"I'm as old as the century, Bill, but not half as decrepit."
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm gonna squeeze out ten more years from this decrepit old body, for you, my girl.
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Only then did the decrepit dog break into a hoarse morning bark.
Fiction book (2000) -
Daragon looked at Eduard's decrepit body with barely concealed dismay.
Fiction book (2000) -
The couple finally reaches the diviner, an equally decrepit man, wearing a yellow plastic hardhat and an equally tattered overcoat.
Academic text (2000) -
So while the good people of Charlestown decide the fate of the decrepit Newman Home, they will reside with me until a more permanent situation arises.
Synonyms
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Not strong in body or muscles and easily tired
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Physically or mentally weak and low in energy
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Weak in body, often because of old age or illness
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Physically weak, often with shaky or bent legs
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Very weak and lacking energy because of illness or injury
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Showing signs of old age
Weak and unsteady because of old age
Being weak, unsteady, or slow in thinking because of old age
Antonyms
How Frail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decrepit comes from the Latin decrepitus, made of de- ('down') and crepare ('to creak'), so you can think of it like the English word creak. That's why decrepit describes a person who is very old and weak, as if they might 'creak' with every move.