Corrupt and Rotting

Corrupt

Corrupt adjective - Having or showing lowered moral character or standards.

Rotting and corrupt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rotting" instead an adjective "Corrupt".

Rotting

Rotting noun - (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
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Synonyms for Rotting

Corrupt and rotting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corrupt" instead an adjective "Rotting".

Nearby Words: rot, rotted

Both words in one sentence

  • In Allison Croggon's Books of Pellinor series, the main character's younger brother (and the main character of book three) Hem grew up in a terrible orphanage in a corrupt and rotting town.
  • Western Animation / Beetlejuice Face Heel Revolving Door/Heel–Face Revolving Door: In a Robin Hood parody, BJ steals from the corrupt Sheriff of Rotting-Ham and gives to the poor, but begins to keep more for himself, until he is the wealthiest person in the village.
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