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Decrepit vs Downgone - What's the difference?

decrepit | downgone | Synonyms |

Decrepit is a synonym of downgone.


As a verb decrepit

is .

As an adjective downgone is

(us|dialectal|appalachia) poor-looking; shabby.

decrepit

English

Alternative forms

* decrepid (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weakened or worn out from age or wear

    • Derived terms

    * decrepitly * decrepitude

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    downgone

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
  • * {{quote-book, 1928, Maristan Chapman, The Happy Valley citation
    • , passage=When they got to the place, Waits saw that auctions down valley were very seemingly like any others, and he saw the same crowd of buggies and mules and cars all hitched together around the downgone farm-place till it was a surprise anybody could untwine them one from the other.}}

    Synonyms

    * run-down * decrepit * shabby

    Related terms

    * on the down-go * downgoing