Rotting and Stale

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

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

Nearby Words: rot, rotted

Stale adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

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Rotting and stale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rotting" instead an adjective "Stale".

Nearby Words: staled, staling

Hargrimm and Stale Mary are a sapient skeleton priest and a sapient zombie hiding their slowly-awakening people in a tiny cavern under the rotting catacombs beneath the City of Adventure.

Source: Wisdom from the Gutter

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