decrepit

Meaning

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

Synonyms

dilapidated

rickety

old

🧓

feeble

weak

infirm

aged

lapsed

run-down

decayed

frail

ramshackle

fragile

worn out

sickly

derelict

creaky

ancient

seedy

debile

delicate

bedrid

void

threadbare

wasted

weakly

woebegone

worn-out

flea-bitten

sapless

tottery

tumbledown

tumble-down

uncharged

undynamic

venerable

very old

wilted

withered

wrecked

adynamic

age worn

age-worn

broken-backed

poor condition

unforceful

old and feeble

emacitated

bedraggled

crone

Translations

décrépit

decrepito

decrépito

aftands

decrépito

bouwvallig

caduc

altersschwach

gammel

gebrechlich

délabré

uitgeleefd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: decrepyt

In summary

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