Decay

Noun

 * 1) The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
 * 2) A deterioration of condition.

Verb

 * 1) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
 * 2) To rot, to go bad.

Adjectives for Decay
inevitable; melancholy; symbolic; premature; elegant; slow; mental; swift; physical; flamboyant; approaching; common; perpetual; integral; picturesque; unperceived; sensible; dry; gradual; inexorable; fatal; lichened.

Verbs for Decay
accelerate—; arrest—; attack by—; bar—; conceal—; delay—; doom to—; exempt from—; fall into—; presage—; preserve from—; reek of—; resist—; subject to—; suffer—; —bores into; —sets in.

Synonyms for Decay
decline, deterioration, disintegration, decadence, putrefaction, degeneracy, spoilage, decomposition, corruption, rot.

Antonyms for Decay
vigor, growth, germination, development, strength, healthiness, force, vigorousness.

Derived terms

 * bacterial decay
 * decayability
 * decayable
 * decayer
 * orbital decay
 * particle decay
 * radioactive decay

Thesaurus
ablate, ablation, atomization, atomize, atrophy, biodegradability, biodegradation, break down, break up, breakup, canker, caries, carrion, catalysis, catalyst, collapse, come apart, consume, contaminate, corrode, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, crumbling, curdle, dandruff, debilitate, decadence, decline, decompose, decomposition, decrease, defile, degenerate, degeneration, degradability, degradation, deteriorate, deterioration, dialysis, dilapidate, dilapidation, diminish, disintegrate, disintegration, disjoin, disjunction, disorganization, disorganize, dissociation, dissolution, dissolve, downfall, dry rot, dwindle, ebb, enfeeble, erode, erosion, excrement, fading, failing, fall into decay, fall to pieces, ferment, fester, filth, fission, foul matter, foulness, furfur, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, go to pot, go to seed, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, incoherence, mess, mildew, mold, molder, mortification, mortify, mould, moulder, muck, mucus, necrose, necrosis, obscenity, ordure, oxidation, oxidization, perish, photolysis, pollute, pus, putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness, ravages of time, resolution, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, rust, sap, scurf, scuz, slime, slough, smut, snot, sordes, sour, sphacelate, sphacelation, sphacelus, split, splitting, spoil, spoilage, suppurate, taint, thermolysis, tooth decay, turn, undermine, wane, waste away, wasting, weaken, weakening, wear, wear and tear, wear away, wither, work, wreck

Etymology
From decair: <  *undefined:, restored form of  decidere: < de: + cadere:; compare decadent: and decadence:.

Noun

 * Bulgarian: разлагане
 * Czech: ,
 * French: décrépitude
 * German: Verfall,


 * Ido: dekado
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, mùthadh
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: влошаване
 * Czech:


 * Polish:


 * French: déchéance
 * Russian: распад

Verb

 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разлагам се, развалям се
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, in verval raken,


 * German: verfallen,
 * Russian: портиться (pórtit’s’a)
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: гния, загнивам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: verrotten, slecht worden
 * German: verfaulen, verrotten,  verwesen
 * Hebrew:


 * Latvian: pūt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: разлагаться (razlagát’s’a), (gnit’)
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: çürümek


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 腐爛, 腐烂 (fǔlàn)
 * Finnish: mädäntyä, rappeutua, kuihtua, lahota
 * French: pourrir, se désintégrer (nucléaire)
 * Georgian: ლპობა (lpoba), ხრწნა (xrts‘na), გაფუჭება (gap‘uč‘eba)
 * German: faulen, verderben, verfallen, zerfallen, verwesen, abklingen, vermodern
 * Hungarian: korhad, bomlás


 * Italian: imputridire
 * Japanese: (1) 朽ちる (くちる, kuchiru), (2) 腐る (くさる, kusaru)
 * Korean: 썩다 (sseokda)
 * Russian: гнить (gnit’)
 * Swedish: ruttna

Related terms

 * cadence
 * chance
 * case