Decrepitude
noun
The state of being old or in bad condition.
The old house was in a state of decrepitude.
noun
The state of being old or in bad condition.
The old house was in a state of decrepitude.
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Pro Tip 1/3Aging Context
Use 'decrepitude' to describe extreme old age, often implying poor condition or quality.
The antique clock teetered on the edge of decrepitude.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Condition
'Decrepitude' often describes something worn out or weakened over time, not just old.
After years of neglect, the bridge was a picture of decrepitude.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feeling
The word conveys a negative, sometimes pitiful feeling about the subject's condition.
Watching the decaying manor sink into decrepitude was a sorrowful sight.
Compare with
decadencedecaydeclinedeterioratedilapidationexhaustionfrailtysenility
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
then that's it and them are unable to chew anything but at the same time they've often got old by then and are showing symptoms of old age which is too general decrepitude difficulty moving I don't know how arthritic they get they don't get the lifestyle diseases that we
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Life's third act - Jane...
born you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude age as pathology but many people today philosophers artists doctors scientists are taking a new look at what I call the third act the last
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Jane Fonda: Life's third...
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the metaphor, the old metaphor. You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Age as pathology.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
then that's it and them are unable to chew anything but at the same time they've often got old by then and are showing symptoms of old age which is too general decrepitude difficulty moving I don't know how arthritic they get they don't get the lifestyle diseases that we
Video examples
Life's third act - Jane...
born you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude age as pathology but many people today philosophers artists doctors scientists are taking a new look at what I call the third act the last
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the metaphor, the old metaphor. You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Age as pathology.
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Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
In many ways, Trump is both a boon and a bane to Republicans. His insanity and moral decrepitude keep the country focused on things other than the horrible public policies the GOP is attempting to ram through. But because he has no loyalty to anything other than himself, he's much more useful to them as a shiny object than as an ally.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how the world is changing for the worse even though it isn't.
Quote examples
Jane Fonda
American Actress
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
In many ways, Trump is both a boon and a bane to Republicans. His insanity and moral decrepitude keep the country focused on things other than the horrible public policies the GOP is attempting to ram through. But because he has no loyalty to anything other than himself, he's much more useful to them as a shiny object than as an ally.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.
Quote examples
Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how the world is changing for the worse even though it isn't.
Quote examples
Jane Fonda
American Actress
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
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