Synonyms for rotting
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1. 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, depravity, vector decomposition, depravation, decomposition, corruption, rot, disintegration

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Decay

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1. List of paraphrases for "rotting":

   decaying, decomposing, dripping

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1. Victoria Abbott-Fleming:

   There were thousands of them. I felt physically sick. I felt dirty, like I had rotting flesh. I wanted my leg off there and then.

2. Hatemon Nesa:

   My skin was rotting off and my bones were visible, i thought I would die on that boat.

3. Paul Hetherington:

   The vast majority of slugs and snails feed on dead or rotting vegetation so I wouldn't call them the gardener's pest, they get a bad press.

4. Jeff Scott:

   For the last three weeks, table grapes have been experiencing lengthy delays at port. There are about 400 or 500 containers that are taking between five and 10 days longer than normal to be cleared, the fruit is in cold storage so it’s not rotting but shipments are being moved from port to port to try and avoid delays and Australian farmers will be liable for that costs.

5. Edmund White:

   The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War.