What is another word for rotting?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɒtɪŋ], [ ɹˈɒtɪŋ], [ ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for rotting:
- moldy (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- putrid (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- decay (noun)
- decomposing (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- moldering (noun)
- mouldering (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- disintegrating (verb)
- rot (verb)
- other synonyms
- degenerate
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Rotting:
adj.
• moldy (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective) • putrid (adjective) • rotten (adjective)n.
• decay (noun)- disrepair,
- downfall,
- degeneration,
- adulteration,
- mortification,
- ruination,
- failing,
- decomposition,
- senescence,
- dilapidation,
- decadence,
- withering,
- decrease,
- Crumbling,
- dying,
- disintegration,
- consumption,
- Perishing,
- ruin,
- degeneracy,
- decrepitude,
- blight,
- rot,
- atrophy,
- extinction,
- dissolution,
- impairment,
- depreciation,
- rust,
- wasting,
- fading,
- corrosion.
v.
• disintegrating (verb)- shattering,
- dissolving,
- Fracturing,
- turning,
- Putrefying,
- Disintegrating,
- Decaying,
- Rupturing,
- Anatomizing,
- Dissecting,
- mortifying,
- breaking,
- Degenerating.
- deprave,
- degenerate,
- break down,
- descend,
- sink,
- worsen,
- crumble,
- turn,
- debauch,
- go bad,
- go to pot,
- demoralize,
- spoil,
- Disimprove,
- go downhill,
- warp,
- pervert,
- taint,
- stain,
- fester,
- debase.
Other synonyms:
• degenerate • Other relevant words (noun):- festering,
- saprophytic,
- Languishing,
- outdated,
- ennui,
- perish,
- droop,
- dogshit,
- bloody,
- Horsing,
- Desolating,
- smacking,
- breakdown,
- decompose,
- Pigging,
- aged,
- Pooping,
- fuzzing,
- declining,
- dissociation,
- wilt,
- Excrementitious,
- wither,
- Reasty,
- decomposed,
- Trashing,
- Tainting,
- peccant,
- bunkum,
- gone bad,
- carious,
- crap,
- putrefy,
- shrivel,
- Hooting,
- septic,
- vector decomposition,
- drivel,
- maggoty,
- putrefacient,
- saprobic,
- buncombe,
- faeces,
- Perished,
- pricking,
- Gangrening,
- Impetiginous,
- mortify,
- molder,
- bad,
- Liquidating,
- rots,
- old fashioned,
- foul,
- gory,
- effete,
- darning,
- unused,
- weak,
- Necrosed,
- Bunking,
- tainted,
- bulling,
- damning,
- Berthing,
- rubbishing,
- shit,
- Coppering,
- putrefied,
- high,
- Saprogenous,
- corrupt,
- waste away,
- corruption,
- Suppurating,
- shrivel up,
- Addling,
- rusting,
- mortified,
- lentiginous,
- Cankered,
- coping,
- sobbing,
- rank,
- ancient,
- piffling,
- fecal,
- rankle,
- bunk,
- languish,
- Blighting,
- Emaciating,
- Macerating,
- suppurative,
- touched,
- bullshitting,
- die,
- ravaging,
- damaging,
- become rotten,
- decayed,
- Gangrened,
- musty,
- shrink,
- junking,
- ebb,
- Saprogenic,
- dwindle,
- rotter,
- deteriorating,
- squandering,
- rancid,
- dumping,
- corrode,
- berth,
- decomposition reaction,
- necrotic,
- consuming,
- decline,
- crapping,
- excrement,
- mold,
- saprophilous,
- horseshit,
- collapse,
- disintegrate,
- fusty,
- rotted,
- hogwash,
- Stagnating,
- scurfy,
- Mucid,
- scurvy,
- bullshit,
- rusty,
- Sphacelated,
- mouldy,
- off,
- antediluvian,
- moulding,
- deteriorate,
- wince,
- spoilt,
- Waring,
- moth-eaten,
- ruining,
- putrefactive,
- Driveling,
- bull,
- corrupting,
- Marring,
- fetid,
- Stercoraceous,
- Drivelling,
- depravity,
- guff,
- devastating,
- mould,
- gangrenous,
- corroding,
- ulcerated.
How to use "Rotting" in context?
Rotting is the natural process of an organism becoming decompositional, or breaking down piece by piece. The breaks down of organic matter releases energy, which can help organisms grow or reproduce. The process of rotting can be seen in both plants and animals, but is most notable in decomposing organic matter, such as garbage.
Rotting occurs in an environment with the correct conditions, such as space, moisture, and temperature. In most cases, rotting is a result of organisms, such as bacteria or fungi, breaking down organic material.
Paraphrases for Rotting:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Decaying.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
decomposing, dripping, ruining.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Rotting:
- reading, redwing, redneck, readying, rhodymeniaceae, redeeming, rittenhouse, rooting, radioimmunoassay, radiance, reedmace, radio news, ruddiness, rationing, reed mace, riding, rating, redness, Road To Damascus, rudeness, rethink, redding, radiating, rottenness, rewarding, rewording, red-ink, radiancy, readiness, red ink, radio noise, ready-mix, ratting, raiding, riddance, rioting, rhythmic, rowdiness, rewriting.
Hyponym for Rotting:
n.
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process
decay.
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process
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