Antonyms for rot
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rot |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÉ’t |
Definition of rot
Origin :- Old English rotian "to decay, putrefy," from Proto-Germanic *rutjan (cf. Old Saxon roton, Old Norse rotna, Old Frisian rotia, Middle Dutch roten, Dutch rotten, Old High German rozzen "to rot," German rößen "to steep flax"), from stem *rut-. Related: Rotted; rotting.
- noun corrosion, disintegration
- noun garbage, nonsense
- verb corrode, deteriorate
- He had too much insight, and too much exact information as well, to dismiss them as rot.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Throw me on a dunghill, and let me rot there, to infect the air!'
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- What rot not to know their places, when they must know them!
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I'm really writing all this rot to get myself into the "twitter-twitter" mood.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Why, the mill-stones wear away with rot more than with grinding corn.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- "Edward says they're all rot, too," replied Charlotte, doubtfully.
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- To-day Esther Tidditt told me that she had understood me to say the sermons were 'rot.'
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- What right has she to say that I ensnared Madeline's affection and all that rot?
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- "I'll rot in hell or ever I serves the King," he bawled in a great rage.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- I'm to rot here until I tell him the identity of my visitor and his business.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for rot
- balderdash
- bilge
- blight
- break down
- bunk
- canker
- claptrap
- corrupt
- crumble
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- decomposition
- degenerate
- demoralize
- deprave
- descend
- deterioration
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- drivel
- fester
- foolishness
- go bad
- go downhill
- go to pot
- guff
- hogwash
- hooey
- languish
- mold
- molder
- moonshine
- perish
- pervert
- poppycock
- putrefaction
- putrefy
- putrescence
- retrograde
- rubbish
- silliness
- sink
- spoil
- stain
- stuff and nonsense
- taint
- tommyrot
- turn
- warp
- waste away
- wither
- worsen
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