Decrepit - English meaning

Decrepit – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
Usage examples:
A row of decrepit houses
Synonims:
Dilapidated Rickety Run down Broken-down Tumbledown Ramshackle Worn out Derelict In ruins Ruined Falling apart Falling to pieces In (a state of) disrepair Creaky Creaking Gone to rack and rui

adjective
Weak and in poor condition, esp. from age or long use
Usage examples:
The town had two decrepit fire trucks that were constantly breaking down.

Decrepit translation into English

Decrepit: translate from English into Chinese

衰老, 衰朽

Decrepit: translate from English into Dutch

Afgeleefd, Uitgeleefd, Aftands, Gammel, Bouwvallig

Decrepit: translate from English into French

Délabré, Vétuste, Décati

Decrepit: translate from English into German

Altersschwach, Heruntergekommen, Baufällig, Verkrustet, Gammelig

Decrepit: translate from English into Hindi

पुराना, जराग्रस्त, जर्जर, फटा, जीर्ण, जराक्रांत, निर्बल, बूढ़ा, घिसा हुआ, जरा-जीर्ण, फटा-पुराना, डोकरा

Decrepit: translate from English into Italian

Decrepito, Cadente, Bacucco

Decrepit: translate from English into Korean

낡아빠진, 노쇠한, 덜거덕거리는

Decrepit: translate from English into Russian

Дряхлый, Ветхий, Изношенный

Decrepit: translate from English into Spanish

Decrépito, Cascado

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin decrepitus, from de- ‘down’ + crepitus, past participle of crepare ‘rattle, creak’.

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Decrepit – similar words

decrepitating

verb
(of a solid, especially a crystal) disintegrate audibly when heated.
Usage examples:
Some pyrrhotite is relatively unstable in humid environments, decrepitating like pyrite.

Decrepitating - all meanings in English

decrepitated

verb
(of a solid, especially a crystal) disintegrate audibly when heated.
Usage examples:
Some pyrrhotite is relatively unstable in humid environments, decrepitating like pyrite.

Decrepitated - all meanings in English

decrepitate

verb
(of a solid, especially a crystal) disintegrate audibly when heated.
Usage examples:
Some pyrrhotite is relatively unstable in humid environments, decrepitating like pyrite.

Decrepitate - all meanings in English

Decrepit synonims

broken-down

adjective
In bad condition or not working
Usage examples:
A broken-down car

Broken-down - all meanings in English

creaking

adjective
Making a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied.
Usage examples:
He boards a creaking wooden boat

noun
Harsh, high-pitched noise made when something is being moved or when pressure or weight is applied to it.
Usage examples:
We could hear the creaking of the deteriorating wood

verb
(of an object or structure, typically a wooden one) make a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied.
Usage examples:
The stairs creaked as she went up them

Creaking - all meanings in English

creaky

adjective
Making or liable to make a creaking sound when being moved or when pressure is applied.
Usage examples:
I climbed the creaky stairs

adjective
Something that is creaky creaks
Usage examples:
A creaky hinge/chair/bed, creaky floorboards, the creaky legal system

Creaky - all meanings in English

derelict

adjective
In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
Usage examples:
A derelict georgian mansion

noun
A person without a home, job, or property.
Usage examples:
Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective
(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

Derelict - all meanings in English

dilapidated

adjective
(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
Usage examples:
Old, dilapidated buildings

verb
Cause (something) to fall into disrepair or ruin.
Usage examples:
A ruined chappell, built by the spaniard, and dilapidated by the dutch

adjective
(esp. of a structure) in bad condition and needing repair
Usage examples:
We still use the dilapidated barn for storing tools.

Dilapidated - all meanings in English

ramshackle

adjective
(especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair.
Usage examples:
A ramshackle cottage

adjective
Badly made and likely to break or fall down easily
Usage examples:
A ramshackle building with a sagging roof

Ramshackle - all meanings in English

rickety

adjective
(of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse.
Usage examples:
We went carefully up the rickety stairs

Rickety - all meanings in English

ruined

adjective
(of a building or place) reduced to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
Usage examples:
A ruined castle

verb
Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
Usage examples:
The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

Ruined - all meanings in English

tumbledown

adjective
(of a building or other structure) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.
Usage examples:
Tumbledown cottages

adjective
(of a building) in a bad condition, esp. in a state of decay
Usage examples:
They lived in a tumbledown cottage near the railroad tracks.

Tumbledown - all meanings in English

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