decrepitude

Meaning

The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.

Synonyms

infirmity

old age

dilapidation

decay

debility

debilitation

feebleness

senility

vulnerability

curtailment

cut

decrease

degeneration

degradation

demotion

derogation

descent

destruction

deterioration

diminishment

dip

disrating

dropping

failure

fall

frailness

humiliation

infancy

infirmness

lowering

namely

prolapse

pulling down

reduction

relegation

retrenchment

ruin

sinking

subsidence

superannuated

timeworn

youth

reduction to the ranks

ageing

aging

abasement

ageing

abatement

abjection

abjectness

Translations

decrepitezza

décrépitude

abaissement

decrepitud

vulnerabilità

düşkünlük

Schwäche

délabrement

vulnérabilité

faiblesse

Hinfälligkeit

debolezza

αδυναμία

καταβιβασμός

Degradierung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/

Etymology

From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”).