decayed
About 1.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having undergone decay; rotted.
The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
- adjective Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
- 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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