1
as in deteriorating
to become worse or of less value
the house slowly fell into disrepair and rotted
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2
as in decaying
to go through decomposition
rotting vegetation on the bank of the river
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Recent Examples of rotting
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
It can also be used to describe the brain-rotting content itself.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Other issues with rotting, sagging and deterioration were present in other buildings, according to the inspections.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
The first few minutes of the film are a breathless, almost wordless introduction to the Otherlands, with Scarlet trapped under rotting hands clamoring to keep her there.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the pair encountered the planarians, often called hammerhead worms, hiding under rotting logs or rocks.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
But, neglecting to clean the drip tray for too long can lead to dangerous grease fires, unwanted pests, and rotting smells.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
But when confronted with some 1,500 rotting rats, the zookeepers had a change of heart.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The property was littered with garbage during visits this week, with food waste piled around trash bins rotting in the heat.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
Buy fresh-looking pumpkins without blemishes, soft spots, or rotting stems.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
It can also be used to describe the brain-rotting content itself.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Other issues with rotting, sagging and deterioration were present in other buildings, according to the inspections.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
The first few minutes of the film are a breathless, almost wordless introduction to the Otherlands, with Scarlet trapped under rotting hands clamoring to keep her there.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the pair encountered the planarians, often called hammerhead worms, hiding under rotting logs or rocks.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
But, neglecting to clean the drip tray for too long can lead to dangerous grease fires, unwanted pests, and rotting smells.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
But when confronted with some 1,500 rotting rats, the zookeepers had a change of heart.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The property was littered with garbage during visits this week, with food waste piled around trash bins rotting in the heat.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotting
Verb
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By 6 months old, Luka was in end-stage liver failure, and his condition was deteriorating rapidly.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Nvidia’s price momo is deteriorating, slowly, according to the look here.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Researchers from each, plus the United States, were attempting to decipher the challenges presented by opposing either a regime or a decaying democracy.—
Ron Scherf,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Exposure to warm, humid air and bugs in the outdoors will speed up the decay even more.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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The quest has led us down many theoretically interesting avenues, spawning ideas like extra dimensions, supersymmetry, proton decay, string theory, and many others.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The film got some of the best reviews at Sundance in January, then went to Berlin, where Rose Byrne got that festival’s Best Actress prize for her role as a mother who’s crumbling under the pressure of (among other things) a sick kid and a flooded apartment.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The catalyst for this a meeting with the school’s board — who look more like trustafarian hedge managers than social workers — where it is revealed that the grand but crumbling school building is going to be sold off at the end of the year.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes higher levels could mean more decomposing vegetation, not animal feces.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Investigators found 189 decomposing bodies stored at room temperature at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose in 2023 and charged owners Jon and Carie Hallford with abuse of a corpse, theft and forgery.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Of the 20 dead cats, eight were too decayed for a necropsy exam, which determines the cause of death of a dead animal and any associated diseases or injuries.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The breakthrough came when researchers focused on coelomic fluid, the internal liquid surrounding the sea stars’ organs, rather than tissue from decayed specimens.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Affirm went public on the Nasdaq in 2021 and — like Klarna — took a battering in 2022 as worsening macroeconomic conditions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war hammered tech stocks.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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Florida, along with California and Texas, is particularly vulnerable to worsening natural disasters fueled by climate change, and the cost to insure a home has risen precipitously as a result.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But explaining Dyer’s motivations in the face of a disintegrating family portrayed in & Sons remains a bit of an uphill climb for Nighy.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.—
Peter Brannen
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Rotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotting. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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