EGAVE

decayed

About 1.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having undergone decay; rotted.
    The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
  2. adjective Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
  3. verb simple past and past participle of decay

Similar words

rotted rotten unsound damaged lame degraded eroded crappy lousy deprecated

Often followed by

and teeth wood in to or leaves vegetable by

Word family

decay decayer decayers decaying decays

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