Decrepit and Sick

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Decrepit

Decrepit adjective - Worn and broken down by hard use.
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Sick and decrepit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sick" instead an adjective "Decrepit".
Nearby Word: decrepitation

Sick

Sick adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
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Decrepit and sick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrepit" instead an adjective "Sick".
Nearby Words: sickly, sicken, sickening, sickness, sicked

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  • Theatre / Love's Labour's Lost Chekhov's Gun: Berowne mentions in Act I scene 1 that the Princess's father is "decrepit, sick, and bedrid." His illness never comes up again until he dies a few minutes from the end and screws up everything.
    Source: Theatre / Love's Labour's Lost
  • Love's Labour's Lost: Berowne mentions in Act I scene 1 that the Princess's father is "decrepit, sick, and bedrid." This never comes up again until five acts of witty banter later, when the father dies, so the ladies have to leave and go into mourning and none of the couples can get married.
    Source: Chekhovs Gun / Theatre
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