Rot
Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.
Stink
Stink verb - To give off an extremely unpleasant smell.
Usage example: the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again
Both words in one sentence
-
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.
Source: Video Game / Dwarf Fortress - Sure it is: if someone's coloured green, they're Flaming Liberal and if someone is red, they stink of Conservative rot.
Source: Video Game / Liberal Crime Squad
Cite this Source
Stink and Rot. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rot/stink
Rot & Stink. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rot/stink>.
Stink or Rot. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rot/stink.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "rot" and "stink" have occurred on timeline