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present participle of rust
Synonyms & Antonyms of rusting
to form rust
- The old car was left to rust in the yard of the abandoned house.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for rusting
- breaking down,
- corrupting,
- decaying,
- decomposing,
- degrading,
- disintegrating,
- dissolving,
- festering,
- fouling,
- moldering,
- molding,
- perishing
- [chiefly British],
- putrefying,
- rotting,
- spoiling
- biting (at),
- eating,
- eroding,
- fretting,
- gnawing,
- nibbling,
- scouring,
- sweeping (away),
- washing out,
- wearing (away)
- souring,
- turning,
- turning off
- [British]
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for rusting
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“Rusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rusting. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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