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ROTTENNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of rotting and becoming putrid
Synonyms:
putrescence; rottenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rottenness" is a kind of...):
morbidity; morbidness; unwholesomeness (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)
Derivation:
rotten (having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a state of progressive putrefaction
Synonyms:
corruption; putrescence; putridness; rottenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rottenness" is a kind of...):
putrefaction; rot (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)
Derivation:
rotten (having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness)
rotten (damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless)
