DECREPITUDE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DECREPITUDE?

Need another word that means the same as “decrepitude”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “decrepitude” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Decrepitude” are: dilapidation, feebleness, enfeeblement, infirmity, weakness, frailty, debilitation, debility, malaise, ricketiness, dereliction, ruin, disrepair, rack and ruin, decay, deterioration

Decrepitude as a Noun

Definitions of "Decrepitude" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decrepitude” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A state of deterioration due to old age or long use.
• The state of being decrepit.

Synonyms of "Decrepitude" as a noun (16 Words)

debilitation	Serious weakening and loss of energy.
debility	Physical weakness, especially as a result of illness. Most of the cases presented with general debility muscle weakness and weight loss.
decay	An inferior state resulting from the process of decaying. The old barn rapidly fell into decay.
dereliction	The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated. His derelictions were not really intended as crimes.
deterioration	Process of changing to an inferior state. A deterioration in the condition of the patient.
dilapidation	A cause of action to force a tenant to pay for dilapidations. The mill was in a state of dilapidation.
disrepair	Poor condition of a building or structure due to neglect. The station gradually fell into disrepair.
enfeeblement	Serious weakening and loss of energy.
feebleness	The quality of lacking intensity or substance.
frailty	The condition of being weak and delicate. The increasing frailty of old age.
infirmity	The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike.
malaise	A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify. A society afflicted by a deep cultural malaise.
rack and ruin	Framework for holding objects.
ricketiness	The quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place.
ruin	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. A large white house falling into gentle ruin.
weakness	The condition of being financially weak. His weakness for prawn cocktails.

Usage Examples of "Decrepitude" as a noun

• He had passed directly from middle age into decrepitude.

Associations of "Decrepitude" (30 Words)

age	A division of time that is a subdivision of an epoch corresponding to a stage in chronostratigraphy. It was replaced because of its age.
aged	Advanced in years aged is pronounced as two syllables. Aged rocks.
aging	The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.
crone	An ugly old woman.
debilitated	Lacking energy or vitality. A debilitated patient.
decrepit	(of a person) elderly and infirm. A decrepit bus its seats held together with friction tape.
derelict	A ship or other piece of property abandoned by the owner and in poor condition. A derelict Georgian mansion.
dilapidated	(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect. The tank was now rather dilapidated.
dilapidation	A cause of action to force a tenant to pay for dilapidations. The mill was in a state of dilapidation.
elderly	People who are old collectively. Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper.
emaciated	Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
emaciation	Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease. Thin to the point of emaciation.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
feeble	Lacking strength- Nathaniel Hawthorne. A feeble excuse.
fragile	Easily destroyed or threatened. Fragile old bones.
frail	The weight of a frail basket full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds. The balcony is frail.
infirm	(of a person or their judgement) weak; irresolute. He was infirm of purpose.
outdated	Out of date; obsolete. Outdated equipment.
physical	Impelled by physical force especially against resistance. The physical characteristics of the earth.
physique	Constitution of the human body. They were much alike in physique.
ramshackle	(especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair. A ramshackle old pier.
rickety	Affected by rickets. A rickety banking system.
ruin	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank.
ruined	Destroyed physically or morally. A ruined castle.
senescence	Loss of a cell’s power of division and growth.
senile	(of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. She couldn t cope with her senile husband.
tatterdemalion	Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing. A tatterdemalion prince.
vulnerable	(of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect. We were in a vulnerable position.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. He was not weak or a compromiser.
weakly	Sickly; not robust. If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand.