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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decaying flesh |
| Synonyms: | body, corpse, remains |
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| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decayed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, falling apart |
| Synonyms: | addled, bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, effete, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, riddled, rotted, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered |
| Antonyms: | developing, flourishing, germinating, growing, improving, ripening |
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
| Synonyms: | carrion, contamination, corruption, crud, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, refuse, rottenness, sediment, sewage, silt, sleaze, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, uncleanness |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | offal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | carrion, debris, junk, leaving, refuse, remains, rubbish, trash, waste |
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| Concept: | Corpse. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; vitality in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay, this mortal coil., shade, ghost, manes., organic remains, fossils.
-adjectives
cadaverous, corpse-like; unburied; sapromyiophyllous.
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