Rottenness
111decomposition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Decay Nouns decomposition, disintegration, decay, corruption (see uncleanness); analysis, dissection, resolution, dissolution, breakup; fragmentation, crumbling, separation; wasting away; catalysis,… …
112filth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dirt, ordure; obscenity. See uncleanness, impurity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, muck, sewage, garbage, ordure, dung, feces, contamination, corruption, pollution, uncleanness, foul matter, excreta,… …
113rot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. decay, decompose, putrefy; degenerate, waste. See deterioration. n. decay, decomposition, putrefaction; slang, nonsense, twaddle (see unmeaningness). II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. humbug, nonsense,… …
114stench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fetor, stink, mephitis, fetidness, malodor, (strong) smell. See malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. odor, stink, redolence; see smell 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. smell, odor, stink, reek …
115contamination — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impurity, pollution, adulteration, corruption, defilement, foulness, rottenness, spoliation, disease, decay, pestilence, contagion, taint, infection, poisoning; see also pollution . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …
116corruption — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Vice] Syn. baseness, depravity, degradation; see crime 1 , evil 1 . 2. [Conduct involving graft] Syn. extortion, bribery, fraud, fraudulence, venality, misrepresentation, dishonesty, profiteering, nepotism, breach of trust,… …
117pollution — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. contamination, corruption, defilement, adulteration, blight, soiling, fouling, foulness, taint, tainting, polluting, decomposition, desecration, profanation, abuse, deterioration, rottenness, spoliation, impairment, misuse …
118spoilage — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. waste, decomposition, deterioration; see decay 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. garbage, waste, refuse, damaged goods, rotten food. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being decayed: breakdown, decay,… …
119disintegration — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being decayed: breakdown, decay, decomposition, deterioration, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rot, rottenness, spoilage. See BETTER, THRIVE …
120putrefaction — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being decayed: breakdown, decay, decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, putrescence, putridness, rot, rottenness, spoilage. See BETTER, THRIVE …
