Definition of Decayed

Decayed

of Decay

Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.

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Affected, As, Condition, Decay, Decayed, Fallen, Fortune, Gentleman, Of, Or, Physical, Rotten, Social, To, Vegetation, With

Decayed Quotations

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
John Stuart Mill

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.
James Joyce

I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.
John Bachman

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Decayed Translations

decayed in Dutch is aftands, gammel, bouwvallig
decayed in Finnish is raihnas
decayed in German is verfiel, verfallene
decayed in Latin is puter, cariosus
decayed in Portuguese is deteriorado

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