Synonyms for rot
rɒtrot

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1. rot

   Rot is a strong word, ordinarily esteemed coarse, but on occasion capable of approved emphatic use; as, "the name of the wicked shall rot," Prov. x, 7; decay and decompose are now common euphemisms. A substance is decomposed when resolved into its original elements by any process; it is decayed when resolved into its original elements by natural processes; it decays gradually, but may be instantly decomposed, as water into oxygen and hydrogen; to say that a thing is decayed may denote only a partial result, but to say it is decomposed ordinarily implies that the change is complete or nearly so. Putrefy and the adjectives putrid and putrescent, and the nouns putridity and putrescence, are used almost exclusively of animal matter in a state of decomposition, the more general word decay being used of either animal or vegetable substances.

   Synonyms:
   corrupt, decay, decompose, molder, putrefy, spoil

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1. rot

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, corruption, putrescence, mouldiness, mildew, decay

   Antonyms:
   integrity, wholesomeness, soundness, vigor, preservation, purity, healthiness, sweetness

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1. putrefaction, rotnoun

   a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

   Synonyms:
   decomposition, hogwash, corruption, putrefaction, depravity, degeneracy, depravation, bunk, rotting, bunkum, buncombe, guff

2. decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefactionnoun

   (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, bunkum, hogwash, decomposition reaction, guff, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, bunk, degeneracy, buncombe, rotting, depravity, vector decomposition, depravation, decomposition, corruption, disintegration

3. bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwashverb

   unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, bunkum, hogwash, feed bunk, guff, bunk, decomposition, nonsense, nonsensicality, buncombe, rotting, meaninglessness, built in bed, hokum, bunk bed, berth

4. decompose, rot, molder, moulderverb

   break down

   "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

   Synonyms:
   break down, decay, break up, moulder, disintegrate, decompose, molder, waste

5. waste, rotverb

   become physically weaker

   "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

   Synonyms:
   waste, moulder, run off, emaciate, blow, molder, scourge, decompose, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, knock off, lay waste to

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Decay
   • Deteriorate

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1. rotverb

   Synonyms:
   putrefy, corrupt, decompose, decay

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1. rotnoun

   Synonyms:
   decomposition, decay, putrescence, corruption, putridity

   Antonyms:
   preservation, imputrescence, incorruption, soundness

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1. List of paraphrases for "rot":

   decay, wilting, mold, mould, roast, wilt, rust, pythium, scum

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1. Frank A. Clark:

   Why not upset the apple cart If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

2. Donald S. McAlvaney:

   In every declining civilization there is a small ‘remnant’ of people who adhere to the right against the wrong, who recognize the difference between good and evil and who will take an active stand for the former and against the latter; who can still think and discern and who will courageously take a stand against the political, social, moral, and spiritual rot or decay of their day.

3. Doug Boucher:

   Cutting down forests means you're cutting down trees, and half of the tree is carbon, when you burn it or let it rot, that produces carbon dioxide.

4. Elizabeth Báthory:

   God, if you exist behind the Holy Scriptures then you have abandoned me. In war hundreds are killed and tortured and they are left there to rot and feed the vultures. And yet, we glorify our warriors. We give them laurel wreaths and honors. But all I get is torment, I cannot be humiliated this way. Give me an illness that will kill me fast. I cannot do it myself, I must go to heaven. Amen.

5. Greg Burke:

   We were facing a very serious rot case, and it had to be rooted out, this is an exceptional measure, no doubt, but the serious crimes of Karadima created an exceptional damage in Chile.