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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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He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

They found the roof had worn away and the floorboards had rotted in the rains.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

The short answer is that its institutions rotted from within.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Trees at the height of their blossom bubbled dark cream by a rotted bandstand.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell