| Decomposed 1. (imp. & p. p.) of Decompose. 2. (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent. Thesaurus Entries 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 |