Holly Black was born in a decrepit Victorian house in New Jersey.
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Decrepit
//dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt//
Synonyms for "decrepit" (153 found)
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Related words (76)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- uitgeput adj (weakened or worn out)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βαθύγηρως adj (weakened or worn out)
Arabic
1 entries- هَرِم adj (weakened or worn out)
Assamese
3 entries- আথৰ adj (weakened or worn out)
- আলৰ adj (weakened or worn out)
- জৰাতুৰ adj (weakened or worn out)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вехт adj (weakened or worn out)
- грохнал adj (weakened or worn out)
Catalan
1 entries- decrèpit adj (weakened or worn out)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 破舊 /破旧 adj (weakened or worn out)
- 老弱的 adj (weakened or worn out)
- 衰老 adj (weakened or worn out)
Dutch
2 entries- afgedragen adj (weakened or worn out)
- versleten adj (weakened or worn out)
Finnish
2 entries- kulunut adj (weakened or worn out)
- raihnainen adj (weakened or worn out)
French
2 entries- décati adj (weakened or worn out)
- décrépit adj (weakened or worn out)
German
4 entries- abgenutzt adj (weakened or worn out)
- altersschwach adj (weakened or worn out)
- gammelig adj (weakened or worn out)
- gebrechlich adj (weakened or worn out)
Icelandic
3 entries- farlama adj (weakened or worn out)
- hrumur adj (weakened or worn out)
- örvasa adj (weakened or worn out)
Italian
3 entries- barbogio adj (weakened or worn out)
- decrepito adj (weakened or worn out)
- rincoglionito adj (weakened or worn out)
Japanese
1 entries- やつれた adj (weakened or worn out)
Khmer
1 entries- ទុំ adj (weakened or worn out)
Latin
1 entries- dēcrepitus adj (weakened or worn out)
Norwegian
1 entries- utslitt adj (weakened or worn out)
Persian
1 entries- فرتوت adj (weakened or worn out)
Portuguese
1 entries- decrépito adj (weakened or worn out)
Romanian
2 entries- decrepit adj (weakened or worn out)
- ramolit adj (weakened or worn out)
Russian
3 entries- ве́тхий adj (weakened or worn out)
- дря́хлый adj (weakened or worn out)
- не́мощный adj (weakened or worn out)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जर्जर adj (weakened or worn out)
Spanish
4 entries- decrépito adj (weakened or worn out)
- destartalado adj (weakened or worn out)
- ruinoso adj (weakened or worn out)
- venido a menos adj (weakened or worn out)
Swedish
1 entries- utsliten adj (weakened or worn out)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ветхий adj (weakened or worn out)
- дряхлий adj (weakened or worn out)
- зношений adj (weakened or worn out)
- старий adj (weakened or worn out)
Welsh
2 entries- llegach adj (weakened or worn out)
- musgrell adj (weakened or worn out)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I have been lying around the house like a decrepit old bag of onions since I broke my leg.
Source: tatoeba (4097566)
With the police in foot pursuit, Tom ran through the decrepit fence and vaulted over a small car.
Source: tatoeba (7116741)
Your body will become decrepit, and your brain will refuse to direct it.
Source: tatoeba (9938748)
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