Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: decrepit
IPA transcription: [dəkɹ'ɛpɪt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
    Meaning: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
  • Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone
    Meaning: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
Usage examples
  • The New Building, which was the most cracked and decrepit thing to be seen anywhere in the world, was the weak point in the prison.
  • My father's pale face flushed crimson in a moment. He touched the magnificent merchant-lord on the arm, and pointed significantly, with a low bow, towards the decrepit old lady who had once been my mother's governess.