decrepit

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymscreakyderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

   Similarworn
2. 2.

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   “a feeble old woman”

   “her body looked sapless”

   Synonymsdebilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly

   Similarfrail

Questions about decrepit

What does decrepit mean?

decrepit means "worn and broken down by hard use". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decrepit?

decrepit has 3 syllables: de-crep-it. The stress falls on "crep". In IPA it is /dəˈkɹɛpɪt/.

What is another word for decrepit?

Close synonyms include creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decrepit a common word?

decrepit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.