decrepit meaning

decrepit as an adjective

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

   Synonyms: creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone

   Similar: worn

2. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
   • a feeble old woman
   • her body looked sapless

   Synonyms: debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

   Similar: frail

decrepit in a sentence

• I think that his uncle is a decrepit old man.
• Pietro passed a decrepit barn-like house.
• Your body will become decrepit, and your brain will refuse to direct it.
• Gunter's house was dusty and decrepit.
• With the police in foot pursuit, Tom ran through the decrepit fence and vaulted over a small car.

How to pronounce decrepit

decrepit is pronounced /dɪˈkrɛpɪt/ in British English and /dəˈkrɛpɪt/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.