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| Main Entry: |
decayed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, falling apart |
| Synonyms: | addled, bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, effete, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, riddled, rotted, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered |
| Antonyms: | developing, flourishing, germinating, growing, improving, ripening |
| Main Entry: | crumbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle |
| Synonyms: | breakable, corroded, crisp, crunchy, decayed, degenerated, deteriorated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, oxidized, perishing, powdery, pulverizable, rotted, rotten, rusted, shivery, short, soft, worn |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, soft |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, flatitious, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, overripe, perverted, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiated, wicked, worsen |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
| Synonyms: | battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, dog-eared, faded, fallen-in, impaired, in a bad way, injured, marred, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty, raunchy, rickety, rinky-dink, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, slummy, tacky, threadbare, tumble-down, uncared for, unimproved, unkempt, used-up, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | in good repair, rebuilt |
| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | busted, damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of order, worn out, wracked |
| Antonyms: | good, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | dysfunctional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | socially impaired |
| Synonyms: | broken, debilitated, decayed, defective, deteriorated, flawed, inhibited, maladjusted, malfunctional, sick, undermined, unfit, wounded |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | burnt out, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, far-gone, feeble, immoral, obsolete, overrefined, overripe, played out, soft, spent, vitiated, washed-out, wasted, weak, worn out |
| Antonyms: | capable, tireless |
| Main Entry: | fallen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced, ruined |
| Synonyms: | collapsed, decayed, dishonored, immoral, loose, ruinous, shaken, shamed, sinful, unchaste |
| Antonyms: | honorable, honored, lauded |
| Main Entry: | malodorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foul-smelling |
| Synonyms: | bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, funky*, fusty, gamy, high*, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, off*, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile |
| Antonyms: | aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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