Antonyms 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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Decay
   • Deteriorate

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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, rot, 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, rot, 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, rot, berth

4. decompose, rot, molder, moulderverb

   break down

   "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

   Synonyms:
   break down, decay, break up, moulder, disintegrate, decompose, molder, rot, 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, rot, knock off, lay waste to

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1. rotnoun

   Antonyms:
   preservation, imputrescence, incorruption, soundness

   Synonyms:
   decomposition, decay, putrescence, corruption, putridity

How to use ROT in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Jeffrey St. Clair:

   Its hard to say which is more revealing of the fatal rot at the core of American politics, the fact that Trump and his daughter sent checks to Harriss campaigns or that Harris greedily cashed them.

3. Ray Wantorcik:

   My brother was left to rot, mutilated, decomposing, while the murderer was enjoying life with his disemboweled body in the next room. I cannot shut that memory off.

4. Matthew Vitale:

   I’m not doing this to be punitive or see her rot in jail, i want people my age to realize that things like this aren’t tolerated in America. We just want to have our rights guaranteed and that’s what it’s all about.

5. 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.

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