as in rotted
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as in decay
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as in deteriorating
to become worse or of less value
the house slowly fell into disrepair and rotted
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as in decaying
to go through decomposition
rotting vegetation on the bank of the river
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Recent Examples of rotting
Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Its official reception in the Soviet Union, however, was less enthusiastic due to Solzhenitsyn’s argument that the gulag system was not just an aberration under Stalin, but embedded deep in the rotting core of Soviet ideology.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
By the end of the season, this former healthy king is quite literally rotting away.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The carnage is truly next-level, including one infamous scene in which Joey wades through a literal pool of bloody, rotting dead bodies—all victims of Abigail's ferocious killer instincts.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
There was a foul odor of something rotting.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
That’s a rotting Walton Goggins (Ghoulgins, heh) in a cowboy hat, minus a nose, with a fierce trigger finger and Eastwoodian proclivity for scowling.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
The wood was rotting, algae was growing and there were about 20 cats living inside, French, 27, tells CNBC Make It.
—Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
Then came the yacht’s renaissance by her father, who saw beauty and sailing prowess inside a rotting hull.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Its official reception in the Soviet Union, however, was less enthusiastic due to Solzhenitsyn’s argument that the gulag system was not just an aberration under Stalin, but embedded deep in the rotting core of Soviet ideology.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
By the end of the season, this former healthy king is quite literally rotting away.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The carnage is truly next-level, including one infamous scene in which Joey wades through a literal pool of bloody, rotting dead bodies—all victims of Abigail's ferocious killer instincts.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
There was a foul odor of something rotting.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
That’s a rotting Walton Goggins (Ghoulgins, heh) in a cowboy hat, minus a nose, with a fierce trigger finger and Eastwoodian proclivity for scowling.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
The wood was rotting, algae was growing and there were about 20 cats living inside, French, 27, tells CNBC Make It.
—Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotting
Noun
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One hundred and thirteen years later, much of the great vessel — and what’s left of its splendors — remains in the same spot it was found four decades ago in 1985, though decay and human interference have changed its form over time.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Water fluoridation has been proven to be so effective at preventing tooth decay that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named it one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, a time during which Americans' life expectancies rose by 30 years.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Dahl’s relationship with the police department was deteriorating.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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His health has been deteriorating since he was diagnosed with a brain tumor as a toddler.—
Lynsey Addario,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Is dark matter decaying, or is something decaying into dark matter?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 Apr. 2025
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What fill out the episodes instead are extended zombie-battle scenes and long, silent sequences where people explore gorgeously decaying spaces.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This stylish planter keeps plants well-watered and is virtually indestructible, designed to resist cracking and crumbling even in freezing temperatures.—
Rachel Ahrnsen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Jan. 2025
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The crumbling concrete manifested more rapidly than in Connecticut, and with insufficient financial support available, some families fell into financial ruin.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Gunsmoke that smells of rotten eggs wafts over the field.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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These can cause your poop to smell like rotten eggs.12 Food intolerances, like lactose intolerance or gluten sensitivity can also cause smelly poop.—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Highly flammable tamarisk shrubs have taken root in thick stands near streams in the western US, and eucalyptus — one of the primary invasive trees blamed for worsening Chile’s recent wildfires as well as fires in Portugal — increases wildfire risk in California.—
Kylie Mohr,
Vox,
8 Jan. 2025
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The United States withdrew its forces from Europe while demanding debt payments from allies, who passed the costs on to Germany, worsening its financial turmoil and hastening its slide into Nazism.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Marvel at the firework display of disintegrating foes; revel in your might as a pair of badass demon slayers.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And what's in Jim's hand as he's seen descending the stairways?—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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Inflation, which had peaked at an annual rate above 9%, was descending fitfully toward the Fed's goal of 2%.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Rotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotting. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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