Synonyms of the word

rotting

• v. present participle of rot.
• n. The process by which something rots.
• n. Material that has rotted.

decay

• n. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
• n. A deterioration of condition.
• v. (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
• v. (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by…
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to…
• v. (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.

decomposition

• n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
• n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
• n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.

putrefaction

• n. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation…
• n. Rotten material.
• n. The state of being rotten.

rot

• v. (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
• v. (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
• v. (intransitive) To deteriorate in any way.
• v. (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
• v. (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber;…
• n. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
• n. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
• n. Verbal nonsense.