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rotted

ADJECTIVE

crumbly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

powdery soft

WEAK

breakable corroded crisp crunchy decayed degenerated deteriorated deteriorating disintegrated eroded fragile frail frangible friable oxidized perishing pulverizable rotten rusted shivery short worn

Antonyms

WEAK

flexible pliable

ADJECTIVE

decayed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

addled ruined withered

STRONG

corroded decomposed moldered perished putrefied rank riddled spoiled wasted

WEAK

bad carious carrion effete gangrenous overripe putrescent putrid

Antonyms

WEAK

developing flourishing germinating growing improving ripening

Example Sentences

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In the wild, the larvae live in small holes that have rotted into old pine trees.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Carcasses rotted in his studio as he waited for the muse to possess him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The short answer is that its institutions rotted from within.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Sander looked down at Nick, who lay staring at the rotted ceiling.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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