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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

Meaning of "decayed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECAYED

decayed  [dɪˈkeɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECAYED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decayed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECAYED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of decayed in the English dictionary

The definition of decayed in the dictionary is having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECAYED


alcade
ælˈkeɪd
alcaide
ælˈkeɪd
alcayde
ælˈkeɪd
arcade
ɑːˈkeɪd
barricade
ˌbærɪˈkeɪd
blockade
blɒˈkeɪd
brocade
brəʊˈkeɪd
cade
keɪd
cascade
kæsˈkeɪd
cavalcade
ˌkævəlˈkeɪd
cockade
kɒˈkeɪd
counterblockade
ˌkaʊntəblɒˈkeɪd
decade
ˈdɛkeɪd
estacade
ˌɛstəˈkeɪd
falcade
fælˈkeɪd
frescade
frɛsˈkeɪd
stockade
stɒˈkeɪd
succade
səˈkeɪd
unbarricade
ʌnˌbærɪˈkeɪd
undecayed
ˌʌndɪˈkeɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECAYED

decarburize
decare
decartelize
decastere
decastich
decastyle
decasualisation
decasualization
decasualize
decasyllabic
decasyllable
decathlete
decathlon
Decatur
decaudate
decay
decayable
decayer
decaying
decayless

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECAYED

al Fayed
arrayed
dismayed
Fayed
frayed
rayed
splayed
unallayed
unarrayed
unbetrayed
undelayed
undismayed
unessayed
unpathwayed
unplayed
unsprayed
unstayed
unswayed
unwayed
well-played

Synonyms and antonyms of decayed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECAYED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «decayed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of decayed

Translation of «decayed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECAYED

Find out the translation of decayed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decayed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decayed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐烂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decaído
570 millions of speakers

English

decayed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़ा हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التهاوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распались
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deteriorado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pourri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Busuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abgeklungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

썩은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị hư hỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிதைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Decayed
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çürümüş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decaduto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbutwiałe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпалися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decăzut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σάπιοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skämda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forfalt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decayed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAYED»

The term «decayed» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAYED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decayed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decayed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decayed

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3 QUOTES WITH «DECAYED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decayed.
1
John Bachman
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.
2
James Howard Kunstler
Phoenix and Las Vegas have grim long-term prospects. On top of oil-and-gas problems, they will have terrible problems with water and the ability to produce food locally. I suppose it shows how delusional the public is, and how our institutional controls have decayed - for instance, lending standards.
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John Stuart Mill
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECAYED»

Discover the use of decayed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decayed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's ...
This study offers a detailed analysis of Dumezil's model of the Indo-European 'ideologie tripartie'.
Wouter W. Belier, 1991
2
Decayed
Presents the stories of several people who were seriously hurt before being approached by Agent Graves, who offered each a gun, one hundred untraceable bullets, and a convincing story about whomever betrayed them.
Brian Azzarello, 2006
3
Decayed
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso slap in a fresh clip of 100 Bullets - the smash-hit crime saga that begs the question: if you were given a gun, 100 untraceable bullets and carte blanche to do anything you liked with them, what would you ...
Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, 2000
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Freezing decayed wood to faciliate ring counts and width ...
Francis R. Herman, Clark E. Smith, John E. Firth. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 3 1951 D02 995 491 W Figure 2. --Partially decayed Douglas-fir radial section which was frozen to provide accurate ring measurement data. rotten or sound ...
Francis R. Herman, Clark E. Smith, John E. Firth, 1972
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects ...
Surface } decayed, and very brittle. Surface not decayed, but very brittle. Surface J decayed, and very brittle. Surface J decayed, and brittle. Surface a little decayed, and be come light. Xaual ^Drottirlr. The remains oi' our late beloved Monarch, ...
6
American Railroad Journal
Mahogany hard Do soft Libauus Cedar Pencil Cedar White Oak Very much decayed. Ditto. Ditto. jGood. □ Much decayed. |Good. Very good. [Very good. Very good. Very good. Good. | Good. Much decayed. Much decayed. Much decayed.
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An Easy Grammar of the French Language, for the Use of ...
Que je fosse dechu, That I might have decayed. Que tu fusses dechu, That thou mightst have decayed. Qu'il fifit dechu, That he might have decayed. Que nous fussions dechus, That we might have decayed. Que vous fussiez tUVhus, That you ...
François-Marie-Joseph Surault, 1841
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The East Anglian: Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects ...
nonun mo DECAYED cmcnas (VOL. 1., pp. 340, 370). ABCHDEACONB! or woman. A CIBTII'ICA'I'B of the mines and decayes of the seuerall Churches and Chancells, w'hin tharchdeaconry of Norfl'., of the diocee of Norwch w=h be now so ...
9
An American Health Dilemma: Race, medicine, and health care ...
While the overall DMF count in the White population was almost 50 percent higher than in Blacks, in a major component of the count— the average number of decayed teeth per person — the situation was reversed. The largest racial ...
W. Michael Byrd, Linda A. Clayton, 2000
10
High Precision Measurement of the Superallowed Beta-decayed ...
A measurement of the branching ratio for the superallowed beta + decay of 38mK was performed at TRIUMF's ISAC radioactive ion beam facility.
Kyle G. Leach, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECAYED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decayed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reasons For Decayed Tooth in Toddlers
Early childhood caries (ECC) is an infectious microbiological disease which spreads rapidly involving multiple teeth of young children.Once the ... «BoldSky, Jul 15»
2
Millions Share Picture of Missing Girl Found on Boston Beach as …
... are still unsure if the body washed ashore or was placed there because her body was reasonably in tact and hadn't decayed much. The girl ... «wnep.com, Jul 15»
3
Trial opens for couple in $300M vacation rental fraud
... the company knew as early as 2007 it could not meet all its obligations and would never transform its decayed properties into luxury resorts. «seattlepi.com, Jul 15»
4
An economic history of the north of England. Part 1: Medieval failure …
Trade is decayed, the river become un-navigable… Leeds is nearer the manufactures and Hull more commodious for the vending of them.". «CityMetric, Jul 15»
5
Global warming and clean energy in Asia
In fact, the term “fossil fuels” originates in the idea that they – petroleum, coal, and natural gas – originate in the decayed remains of plants and ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
6
Embassy Or Not, Cuba Will Remain In Misery
Cuba's capital stock has decayed appreciably since Castro's takeover. Old, highly polluting 1950s automobiles prowl the streets (for the few ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
7
How To Prevent Tooth Decay
When a tooth becomes decayed, there sometimes is a cavity, which is a hole that is created in the middle of the tooth. The hole will go down to ... «HeartZine, Jul 15»
8
Jewett City, Griswold join forces to battle blight
According to current regulations, a property is considered blighted when it's dilapidated or decayed, covered in graffiti, or the land's ... «Norwich Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
The Fussy Eye: Scarlett Coten's Apolitical Portraits
Coten is also reversing the usual street dynamic of men staring at women; against backdrops often dingy and decayed, she grants these mecs ... «Seattle Weekly, Jul 15»
10
The Big Read: It all comes out in the wash
He has spent so many years talking to himself that the words have decayed, coming in broken fits and starts. He points at one customer. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»

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