(de-cayed) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to have rotted or decomposed over time.

Example Sentence

Her health has decayed over the past year.

More Example Sentences

The leaves decayed in the autumn wind.

Synonyms

rotten; decomposed; spoiled

Antonyms

fresh; new; restored

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Rhymes

  • ade
  • aid
  • aide
  • bade
  • bayed
  • blade
  • braid
  • brayed
  • cade
  • dade
  • eyde
  • fade
  • fayed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • gade
  • glade
  • grade
  • grayed
  • hade
  • haid
  • heyd
  • heyde
  • jade
  • kade
  • lade
  • laid
  • made
  • maid
  • mayde
  • paid
  • payed
  • played
  • prayed
  • preyed
  • quade
  • quaid
  • raid
  • rayed
  • sayed
  • schade
  • schrade
  • shade
  • slade
  • spade
  • spaid
  • spayd
  • spayde
  • spayed
  • sprayed
  • stade
  • staid
  • stayed
  • strayed
  • suede
  • swayed
  • they'd
  • trade
  • wade
  • waid
  • waide
  • weighed
  • zaid

  • abrade
  • afraid
  • allayed
  • arcade
  • arrayed
  • betrayed
  • blockade
  • brascade
  • brigade
  • brocade
  • buffeted
  • cascade
  • charade
  • cliched
  • conveyed
  • crocheted
  • crusade
  • decade
  • decayed
  • degrade
  • delayed
  • dismayed
  • displayed
  • dissuade
  • evade
  • filleted
  • forbade
  • granade
  • grenade
  • handmade
  • home-made
  • homemade
  • invade
  • kincade
  • kincaid
  • manmade
  • marcade
  • mccade
  • mcdade
  • mcdaid
  • mcglade
  • mcquade
  • mcquaid
  • mcquaide
  • mislaid
  • obeyed
  • okayed
  • outweighed
  • parade
  • persuade
  • pervade
  • portrayed
  • prepaid
  • remade
  • repaid
  • replayed
  • sauteed
  • surveyed
  • tirade
  • unmade
  • unpaid
  • unswayed
  • upbraid
  • upgrade

  • colonnade
  • disobeyed
  • lemonade
  • masquerade
  • metrodade
  • overpaid
  • overplayed
  • overstayed
  • palisade
  • promenade
  • serenade
  • unafraid
  • underpaid
  • underplayed
  • usaid