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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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