Thesaurus:decayed

Thesaurus:decayed

THESAURUS

decayed

English

Synonyms

• blighted

• cankered

• decayed

• dotterel

• forworn (archaic)

• moldering

• rotten    [WS]

• putrefacient

• putrefactive

• putrescent

• putrid

Antonyms

• nondecayed

• unblighted

• uncankered

• undecayed

• unrotten

Hyponyms

• carious

• rotten    [WS]

•   —

• corroded

• leprous (figurative)

• maggoty

• mildewed

• moldy

• moth-eaten

• purulent

• pussy

• rusted

• rusty

• suppurant

• worm-eaten

• wormridden

Hypernyms

• deteriorated    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:ramshackle

Further reading

• “659. deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “653. uncleanness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “decayed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.