Fruits tend to rot quickly.
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Rot
/ɹɒt/
Synonyms for "rot" (253 found)
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Noun(11 words)
Strong matches (76)
Noun(17 words)
corruptiondecaydecayingdecaysdeclinedecomposedecomposer leveldecomposer level measurementdecomposingdegeneratedegradationdeterioratediseaseethical erosionfesteringguffhogwash
Related words (126)
humbughydrophobiajargonliver rotlocoloco diseaselocoismmad staggersmalarkeymalignant catarrhmalignant catarrhal fevermalignant pustulemangemegrimsmessmildewmilzbrandmoldmoldermoonshine
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mortificationmortifymothmoth and rustmouldmouldymuckmucusmumbo-jumbomustnecrosenecrosisnonsenseobscenityordureparatuberculosisperishpervertpestpifflepippoppycockprattlepseudotuberculosispusputrefactionputrefyputresceputrescenceputrid matterputridityputridnessquarter evilrabiesrancidityrancidnessrankleranknessretrograderinderpestrottennessrubbishrustscabiesscatscurfscuzsheep rotshitsinkslimesloughsmutsnotsordessphacelatesphacelationsphacelussplenic feverspoilspoilagestaggersstagnatestainstringhaltstuffsuppurateswillswine dysenterytainttexas fevertommyrottooth decaytrashtripeturnvicevitiatewarpwindwormworsen
Noun(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
16 entriesbiochemical processcollapsedecadencedecaydeclinedecompositiondegeneratedegenerationdeterioratedeteriorationdevolvedriveldropgarbagemoral decline
More specific
12 entriesbrown rotbureaucratic rotethical erosionfungal rotinstitutional corruptioninstitutional rotloss of trustmeat rotmoral rotsoft rotwhite rotwood rot
Collocations
9 entriesbrown rotdecay processdecomposition ratemoral rotroot rotrot fungisoft rotwhite rotwood rot
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Put the meat in the refrigerator, or it will rot.
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This apple began to rot.
Source: tatoeba (625258)
"Yea..." Dima continued, talking mostly to himself. "It's as if the author of my story got into some stupid argument, retired to Fiji, and just left me here to rot."
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