Envy is like rottenness of the bones.
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Rottenness
Synonyms for "rottenness" (43 found)
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Noun(6 words)
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6 entriesbiological rottennessdegree of rottennessmoral rottennessphysical rottennesssigns of rottennessstate of rottenness
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4 total sentences available.
The kennel was stagnant and filthy. The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine.
Source: tatoeba (10876371)
The track was further weakened by the too wide spacing of the sleepers, most of which "were in the last stage of rottenness."
Source: wiktionary
Slowly Matilda sat down. Oh, the rottenness of it all! The unfairness! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done!
Source: wiktionary