decrepit 音标拼音: [dəkr'ɛpɪt]
a . 衰老的
衰老的
decrepit adj 1 :
worn and broken down by hard use ; "
a creaky shack "; "
a decrepit bus ...
its seats held together with friction tape "; "
a flea -
bitten sofa "; "
a run -
down neighborhood ";
"
a woebegone old shack " [
synonym : {
creaky }, {
decrepit },
{
derelict }, {
flea -
bitten }, {
run -
down }, {
woebegone }]
2 :
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality ; "
a feeble old woman "; "
her body looked sapless " [
synonym : {
decrepit },
{
debile }, {
feeble }, {
infirm }, {
rickety }, {
sapless }, {
weak },
{
weakly }]
Decrepit \
De *
crep "
it \,
a . [
L .
decrepitus ,
perhaps orig .,
noised out ,
noiseless ,
applied to old people ,
who creep about quietly ;
de -
crepare to make a noise ,
rattle :
cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
cr ['
e ]
pit .
See {
Crepitate }.]
Broken down with age ;
wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age ;
feeble ;
worn out . "
Beggary or decrepit age ."
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Already decrepit with premature old age . --
Motley .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid .
[
1913 Webster ]
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decrepit ":
aged ,
ancient ,
anile ,
antiquated ,
battered ,
beat -
up ,
beaten up ,
bedraggled ,
broken -
down ,
cast -
off ,
childish ,
childlike ,
crabbed ,
creaking ,
creaky ,
crippled ,
crumbling ,
damaged ,
debilitated ,
decayed ,
decaying ,
derelict ,
deteriorated ,
dilapidated ,
disabled ,
disintegrating ,
doddered ,
doddering ,
doddery ,
doited ,
doting ,
down -
at -
heel ,
elderly ,
enervated ,
enfeebled ,
feeble ,
flimsy ,
fossilized ,
fragile ,
frail ,
gaga ,
gerontal ,
gerontic ,
haggard ,
impaired ,
in ruins ,
incapacitated ,
infirm ,
injured ,
insubstantial ,
marred ,
mossbacked ,
moth -
eaten ,
mummylike ,
old ,
out of shape ,
palsied ,
papery -
skinned ,
poor ,
poorish ,
quavering ,
ragged ,
ramshackle ,
ravaged with age ,
rickety ,
rotten ,
rotten at ,
ruined ,
ruinous ,
run to seed ,
run -
down ,
rusty ,
seedy ,
senescent ,
senile ,
shabby ,
shaking ,
shaky ,
shriveled ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
slummy ,
spoiled ,
stricken in years ,
superannuated ,
tacky ,
threadbare ,
timeworn ,
tired ,
tottering ,
tottery ,
tumbledown ,
unfirm ,
unfit ,
unkempt ,
unsolid ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unsturdy ,
unsubstantial ,
used ,
wasted ,
weak ,
weakened ,
weakly ,
withered ,
wizened ,
worn ,
worn out
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