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Synonyms for decayed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-key
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkeɪ

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Définition of decayed

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "deterioration, decline in value," from decay (v.). Meaning "gradual decrease in radioactivity" is from 1897.
  • adj rotten, falling apart
Example sentences :
  • Will the world ever be so decayed that spring may not renew its greenness?
  • Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I—some of our healers can dissuade the conviction of decayed teeth.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Meantime the body had decayed and had sunk down into a handful of dust.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The images of the gods in the temple were all decayed, so that one could not distinguish one from the other.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • His stomach would turn and his decayed teeth refuse to touch it.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It is found on stumps or decayed logs during September and October.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • It is found on decayed logs in damp places from August to October.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Found on decayed stumps and logs, you will meet it frequently.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • They grow on the ground, especially where wood has decayed and become a part of the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • They grow in dense clusters where old stumps have been or where wood has decayed.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

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