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Synonyms for rottenness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rot-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒt n

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Définition of rottenness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from rotten + -ness.
  • As in pollution : noun dirtiness, contamination
  • As in putrefaction : noun decay
  • As in putrescence : noun decay
  • As in putridness : noun decay
  • As in smuttiness : noun dirtiness
  • As in spoilage : noun decay
  • As in uncleanness : noun dirtiness
  • As in vulgarism : noun corruption
  • As in contamination : noun adulteration
  • As in corruption : noun adulteration
  • As in dirt : noun grime, impurity
  • As in filth : noun dirt, pollution
Example sentences :
  • The earth is corrupt, science only serves to show its rottenness.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • One thing he teaches, that there is rottenness where he appears.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • What rottenness was within that gilded splendor by which she was surrounded!
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • What right have they to propagate the rottenness of their minds and bodies?
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • Only the rottenness in him hasn't broke out because of the weed.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And it's nauseating to think that you don't realize the rottenness of it.
  • Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson
  • It went down not so much because of the strength of the other side as because of its own rottenness.
  • Extract from : « China, Japan and the U.S.A. » by John Dewey
  • The rottenness of the ground gave chances, and made it hazardous.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts
  • Hugh remembered what he had said in talk with Harvey Rolfe about the rottenness of society.
  • Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing
  • But the worm is at the root: rottenness at the heart is doing its work.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various

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