rot
verb
[ rɒt ]
• (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.
• "the chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away"
Similar:
decay,
decompose,
disintegrate,
crumble,
become rotten,
corrode,
perish,
go bad,
go off,
spoil,
go sour,
moulder,
go mouldy,
taint,
putrefy,
fester,
become gangrenous,
mortify,
necrose,
sphacelate,
• make fun of; tease.
• "has anybody been rotting you?"
rot
noun
• the process of decaying.
• "the leaves were turning black with rot"
• a process of deterioration; a decline in standards.
• "there is enough talent in the team to stop the rot"
• nonsense; rubbish.
• "don't talk rot"
Similar:
nonsense,
balderdash,
gibberish,
claptrap,
blarney,
blather,
blether,
rubbish,
hogwash,
baloney,
tripe,
drivel,
bilge,
bosh,
bull,
bunk,
hot air,
eyewash,
piffle,
poppycock,
phooey,
hooey,
malarkey,
twaddle,
guff,
dribble,
cobblers,
codswallop,
cock,
stuff and nonsense,
tosh,
havers,
garbage,
flapdoodle,
blathers,
wack,
bushwa,
applesauce,
bunkum,
tommyrot,
cod,
gammon,
crapola,
Origin:
Old English rotian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rotten ; the noun (Middle English) may have come via Scandinavian.
