Aged
Aged adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Usage example: all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind
Decrepit is a synonym for aged in body topic. In some cases you can use "Decrepit" instead an adjective "Aged", when it comes to topics like having grey hair.
Nearby Word: age
Decrepit
Decrepit adjective - Worn and broken down by hard use.
Aged is a synonym for decrepit in old topic. You can use "Aged" instead an adjective "Decrepit", if it concerns topics such as body, weak, deteriorated, having grey hair.
Nearby Word: decrepitation
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In many stories, the left half of her body is beautiful, the right half is either aged and decrepit or skeletal.
Source: Myth / Norse Mythology -
Cut to a century later, when he's an aged and decrepit man living in his broken-down mansion when the peddler, still youthful, returns and offers to buy the ring (as it cannot be given away or lost).
Source: Age Without Youth -
While he aged physically - by the time you encounter him he's a decrepit old man on life support - mentally he's still the selfish spoiled brat he was in EarthBound.
Source: Not Growing Up Sucks
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