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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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Rourke 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. 6, 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

Nhamo broke open a rotted log with the panga and used the soft, dry wood inside to start a fire.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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