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decrepit

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/
  • /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
  • Australian: /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 K R EH1 P IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a feeble old woman
  • her body looked sapless

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

worn and broken down by hard use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: uitgeput — weakened or worn out
  • Arabic: هَرِم (harim) — weakened or worn out
  • Assamese: আলৰ (alor) — weakened or worn out
  • Assamese: আথৰ (athor) — weakened or worn out
  • Assamese: জৰাতুৰ (zoratur) — weakened or worn out
  • Bulgarian: грохнал (grohnal) — weakened or worn out
  • Bulgarian: вехт (veht) — weakened or worn out
  • Catalan: decrèpit — weakened or worn out
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破舊 /破旧 (pòjiù) — weakened or worn out
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衰老 (shuāilǎo) — weakened or worn out
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老弱的 (lǎoruò de) — weakened or worn out
  • Czech: zchátralý — weakened or worn out
  • Czech: sešlý — weakened or worn out
  • Czech: vetchý — weakened or worn out
  • Dutch: versleten — weakened or worn out
  • Dutch: afgedragen — weakened or worn out
  • Finnish: kulunut — weakened or worn out
  • Finnish: raihnainen — weakened or worn out
  • French: décrépit — weakened or worn out
  • French: décati — weakened or worn out
  • German: heruntergekommen — weakened or worn out
  • German: gammelig — weakened or worn out
  • German: gebrechlich — weakened or worn out
  • German: abgenutzt — weakened or worn out
  • German: altersschwach — weakened or worn out
  • German: verbraucht — weakened or worn out
  • Ancient Greek: βαθύγηρως (bathúgērōs) — weakened or worn out
  • Hindi: जर्जर (jarjar) — weakened or worn out
  • Icelandic: farlama — weakened or worn out
  • Icelandic: örvasa — weakened or worn out
  • Icelandic: hrumur — weakened or worn out
  • Italian: decrepito — weakened or worn out
  • Italian: barbogio — weakened or worn out
  • Italian: rincoglionito — weakened or worn out
  • Japanese: やつれた (yatsureta) — weakened or worn out
  • Khmer: ទុំ (tum) — weakened or worn out
  • Latin: dēcrepitus — weakened or worn out
  • Norwegian: utslitt — weakened or worn out
  • Persian: فرتوت (fartut) — weakened or worn out
  • Portuguese: decrépito — weakened or worn out
  • Romanian: decrepit — weakened or worn out
  • Romanian: ramolit — weakened or worn out
  • Russian: дря́хлый (drjáxlyj) — weakened or worn out
  • Russian: не́мощный (némoščnyj) — weakened or worn out
  • Russian: ве́тхий (vétxij) — weakened or worn out
  • Sanskrit: जर्जर (jarjara) — weakened or worn out
  • Spanish: decrépito — weakened or worn out
  • Spanish: destartalado — weakened or worn out
  • Spanish: venido a menos — weakened or worn out
  • Spanish: ruinoso — weakened or worn out
  • Swedish: utsliten — weakened or worn out
  • Ukrainian: старий (staryj) — weakened or worn out
  • Ukrainian: зношений (znošenyj) — weakened or worn out
  • Ukrainian: ветхий (vetxyj) — weakened or worn out
  • Ukrainian: дряхлий (drjaxlyj) — weakened or worn out
  • Welsh: musgrell — weakened or worn out
  • Welsh: llegach — weakened or worn out