Rot and Stink

Rot

Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.

Stink and rot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stink" instead a verb "Rot".

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

Stink

Stink verb - To give off an extremely unpleasant smell.
Usage example: the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again

Rot and stink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rot" instead a verb "Stink".

Nearby Words: stinking, stinker, stinky

How words are described

major major rot major stink

Common collocations

time rot time stink time
bit rot bit stink bit
teeth rot teeth stink teeth

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Dwarf Fortress Stink Bomb: Any corpse left to rot for a decent period of time will start emitting Miasma, a thick purple smog that gives dwarves extremely unhappy thoughts.
  • Sure it is: if someone's coloured green, they're Flaming Liberal and if someone is red, they stink of Conservative rot.
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