decayed
adjective
[ dɪˈkeɪd ]
• having rotted or decomposed.
• "decayed animal and plant matter"
Similar:
decomposed,
decomposing,
rotten,
rotting,
putrescent,
putrid,
bad,
off,
spoiled,
spoilt,
perished,
mouldy,
mouldering,
mildewy,
festering,
fetid,
stinking,
smelly,
rancid,
rank,
maggoty,
worm-eaten,
wormy,
flyblown,
decay
verb
• (of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.
• "the body had begun to decay"
Similar:
decompose,
rot,
putrefy,
go bad,
go off,
spoil,
fester,
perish,
deteriorate,
degrade,
break down,
break up,
moulder,
shrivel,
shrivel up,
wither,
mortify,
necrotize,
sphacelate,
corrupt,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French decair, based on Latin decidere ‘fall down or off’, from de- ‘from’ + cadere ‘fall’.
