'Decomposed' definitions:
Definition of 'Decomposed'
From: GCIDE
- Decomposed \De`com*posed"\, a. (Zool.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Decomposed'
From: GCIDE
- Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf. Discompose.] To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decomposed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- cankered,
- carious,
- corrupt,
- decayed,
- festering,
- foul,
- gangrened,
- gangrenous,
- gone bad,
- mortified,
- necrosed,
- necrotic,
- peccant,
- putrefied,
- putrescent,
- putrid,
- rotten,
- rotting,
- sphacelated,
- spoiled,
- suppurating,
- suppurative,
- ulcerated