decayed

Having undergone decay, rotted.

Adjective

  1. Having undergone decay, rotted.
    • The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
  2. Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.

Forms

more decayed most decayed

Synonyms

blighted cankered decayed dotterel forworn moldering rotten putrefacient putrefactive putrescent putrid

Antonyms

nondecayed unblighted uncankered undecayed unrotten

Hypernyms

deteriorated

Hyponyms

carious doty dozy corroded hoary leprous maggoty mildewed moldy moth-eaten purulent pussy rusted rusty suppurant worm-eaten wormridden

Related

ramshackle

Derived

decayedness nondecayed semidecayed undecayed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of decay