Synonyms of decrepitude

decrepitude

noun

as in disrepair

formal the state of being old and in bad condition or poor health

The house has fallen into decrepitude.

She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrepair
• decay
• feebleness
• debility
• deterioration
• infirmity
• disintegration
• frailty
• debilitation
• enfeeblement
• enervation
• languor
• fragility
• dilapidation
• lowness
• ruin
• faintness
• weakness
• ruination
• neglect
• listlessness
• asthenia
• languidness
• collapse
• frailness
• wimpiness
• dereliction
• invalidism
• breakdown
• prostration
• delicacy
• injury
• impairment
• incapacitation
• disablement
• dumpiness
• harm
• damage
• hurt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• soundness
• strength
• vigor
• healthiness
• hardiness
• robustness
• hardihood

Examples of decrepitude in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many famous defendants have aimed for respectability, maturity, wide-eyed innocence or even pitiful decrepitude on their days in court. —Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023

Americans, meanwhile, have a diet of TV shows and memes that link aging with uselessness, weakness, and decrepitude. —Marty Munson, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023

At 72 years of age (that’s 14 in cat years), Lloyd Webber bears no signs of decrepitude. —Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020

People bought there, people built there, and when the real estate company folded, the sign that was meant to stand for 18 months soldiered on into decrepitude for years. —Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023