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
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Fluoride can stop early tooth decay by putting minerals back into enamel.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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The concern is not that AI is inherently detrimental, but rather the potential for its uncritical and pervasive use to lead to a form of agency decay – a diminished capacity for independent thought, problem-solving, and creative generation when the first and easiest solution is to defer to an AI.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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
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Retail experts saw a lack of investment in Hudson’s Bay stores, diminishing service levels and deteriorating physical conditions, like malfunctioning escalators and water damage in certain locations.—
David Moin,
WWD,
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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Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The smell, an odor like rotten eggs, is the sargassum piles decomposing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2025
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Once seaweed washes ashore, the piles start to rot and release hydrogen sulfide gas, which smells like rotten eggs.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
29 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 conflict is delaying training for thousands of medical students, likely leading to a worsening health care crisis for Sudan for years to come.—
Maria Isabel Barros Guinle,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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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
Cite this Entry
“Rotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotting. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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