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Rotting Definition

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verb

Present participle of rot.

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • decaying
  • tainting
  • deteriorating
  • disintegrating
  • decomposing
  • spoiling
  • moldering
  • turning
  • chaffing
  • contaminating
  • corrupting
  • declining
  • degenerating
  • festering
  • maturating
Antonyms:
  • Antonyms:
  • building
  • flourishing
  • growing
noun
The process by which something rots.
Wiktionary
Material that has rotted.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • putrefaction
  • rot
  • decomposition

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Rotting Is Also Mentioned In

  • root rot
  • spontaneous generation
  • brown rot
  • patulin
  • thiol
  • miasma
  • decay
  • unrottable
  • putrescent
  • rot
  • boggy
  • blowfly

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Words Starting With

RROROT

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With R and Ending With G

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With G

Words Near Rotting in the Dictionary

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  • rotter
  • rotterdammer
  • rottest
  • rotteth
  • rottie
  • rotting
  • rottweiler
  • rottweiller
  • rotula
  • rotular
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