decomposed

The word “decomposed” has 3 syllables: de-com-posed

It's pronounced as /ˌdiː.kəmˈpoʊzd/


What is synonym and antonym for decomposed?

In the thesaurus, “decomposed” has 122 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decomposed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decomposed

  • addled
  • bad
  • bad-smelling
  • broke down
  • carious
  • carrion
  • contaminated
  • corroded
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • crumbled
  • crumbling
  • curdled
  • decayed
  • decaying
  • declined
  • decomposing
  • defiled
  • degenerated
  • descended
  • deteriorated
  • dilapidated
  • disappointing
  • disgusting
  • disheartening
  • disintegrated
  • disintegrating
  • displeasing
  • effete
  • fecal
  • feculent
  • fell apart
  • fermented
  • festered
  • festering
  • fetid
  • foul
  • fouled
  • frowzy
  • funky
  • fusty
  • gamy
  • gangrenous
  • gross
  • high
  • impure
  • infected
  • infested
  • loathsome
  • loud
  • lousy
  • low-quality
  • malodorous
  • mephitic
  • mildewy
  • molded
  • moldered
  • moldering
  • moldy
  • mortified
  • mortifying
  • musty
  • nasty
  • nauseating
  • nidorous
  • noisome
  • not up to par
  • not up to snuff
  • noxious
  • off
  • offensive
  • overripe
  • perished
  • pestilential
  • poisonous
  • polluted
  • poor
  • purulent
  • pustular
  • putrefied
  • putrefying
  • putrescent
  • putrid
  • putrified
  • quiet
  • ran to seed
  • rancid
  • rank
  • reeking
  • riddled
  • rotted
  • rotten
  • rotting
  • ruined
  • rusted
  • sank
  • slack
  • smelling
  • smelly
  • sour
  • soured
  • sourish
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stale
  • stenchful
  • stinking
  • strong
  • substandard
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • touched
  • turned
  • turned off
  • unrewarding
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsound
  • vile
  • wasted
  • went to seed
  • whiffy
  • withered

Antonyms for decomposed

  • aged
  • ameliorated
  • aromatic
  • assembled
  • bettered
  • cleansed
  • composed
  • decent
  • developed
  • developing
  • flourishing
  • fragrant
  • fresh
  • germinating
  • good
  • grew
  • growing
  • helpful
  • honest
  • improved
  • improving
  • integrated
  • kind
  • matured
  • meliorated
  • moral
  • new
  • nice
  • perfumed
  • pleasant
  • preserved
  • pristine
  • pure
  • purified
  • refreshed
  • renewed
  • restored
  • ripened
  • ripening
  • savory
  • superior
  • sweet
  • trustworthy
  • uncontaminated
  • uncorrupt
  • undecayed
  • undecomposed
  • undefiled
  • unpolluted
  • unspoiled
  • untainted
  • untouched
  • wholesome

Meanings of decomposed

  • verb
    1. To separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.
    2. To rot, decay or putrefy.

Example Sentences

  • The fallen tree had decomposed into rich soil over the years.
  • They found decomposed remains deep in the forest.
  • The organic waste decomposed rapidly in the compost bin.
  • After several weeks, the fruit decomposed and attracted insects.
  • The animal’s body decomposed naturally in the wild.

On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decomposed, such as: addled, aged, ameliorated, aromatic, assembled, bad, bad-smelling.

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Related Words

eaten

  • affronted
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  • chafed
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  • destroyed
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  • discomposed
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  • got
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  • itched
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  • maddened
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  • masticated
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  • riled
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  • rubbed the wrong way
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  • ruined
  • savored
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  • swallowed
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ebbed

abraded

  • ate
  • barked
  • bit
  • broke down
  • broke up
  • bruised
  • burned
  • burnt
  • chafed
  • chewed
  • clawed
  • contused
  • corraded
  • corroded
  • cut
  • decomposed
  • disintegrated
  • dissolved
  • enflamed
  • erased
  • eroded
  • excoriated
  • filed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • galled
  • gnawed
  • grated
  • grazed
  • ground
  • honed
  • inflamed
  • irritated
  • lacerated
  • nibbled
  • peeled
  • rasped
  • reduced
  • rubbed
  • rubbed out
  • sandblasted
  • sandpapered
  • scoured
  • scraped
  • scratched
  • scuffed
  • sharpened
  • shaved
  • skinned
  • whetted
  • wore
  • wore out

bad

galled

  • abraded
  • aching
  • affronted
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • angered
  • angry
  • anguished
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • ate
  • au naturel
  • awkward
  • badgered
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • bearish
  • bedeviled
  • bilious
  • bit
  • bitter
  • blistered
  • bothered
  • bristly
  • broke down
  • broke up
  • bruised
  • bugged
  • bullyragged
  • burned
  • burnt
  • cantankerous
  • chafed
  • cheerless
  • chewed
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • comfortless
  • confused
  • convulsed
  • corraded
  • corroded
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • cut
  • decomposed
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • disapproving
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disintegrated
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • dissolved
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dressed
  • dyspeptic
  • embarrassed
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • erased
  • eroded
  • exasperated
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  • exercised
  • exhausted
  • fatigued
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • filed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • fretful
  • fretted
  • frosted
  • frustrated
  • fuming
  • furious
  • fussy
  • gnawed
  • got
  • got to
  • grated
  • grazed
  • griped
  • grouchy
  • ground
  • grumpy
  • haggled
  • hagrode
  • harassed
  • harried
  • harsh
  • hassled
  • hateful
  • heated
  • heckled
  • honed
  • hot
  • huffy
  • hurt
  • ill at ease
  • ill-humored
  • ill-tempered
  • impassioned
  • in pain
  • incensed
  • inconvenienced
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insulted
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • itched
  • mad
  • maddened
  • miffed
  • miserable
  • nagged
  • narked
  • nervous
  • nettled
  • nibbled
  • nude
  • offended
  • open
  • outraged
  • pained
  • pared
  • peeled
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • petulant
  • pinpricked
  • piqued
  • pissed
  • pissed off
  • plagued
  • provoked
  • put out
  • raging
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • reduced
  • resentful
  • restless
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • rubbed
  • rubbed out
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • sandblasted
  • sandpapered
  • scoured
  • scraped
  • scratched
  • scuffed
  • scunnered
  • self-conscious
  • sensitive
  • sharpened
  • shaved
  • shirty
  • skinned
  • smarting
  • snappish
  • snuffy
  • sore
  • spited
  • splenetic
  • steaming
  • stiff
  • storming
  • strained
  • suffering
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • teased
  • teed off
  • tested
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  • tired
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • touchy
  • tried
  • troubled
  • undid
  • uneasy
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vexed
  • vext
  • weary
  • whetted
  • wore
  • wore on
  • wore out
  • worn
  • worried
  • wounded
  • wracked
  • wrathful
  • wretched

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