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decaying(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
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rot(noun, verb, decline, collapse, deterioration)
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rotten(adjective, musty, uncleanness, decayed, contaminated)
7
decay(noun, verb, drop, decline, ruin)
7
decomposing(verb, adjective, crumbling, disintegrating)
7
decomposition(noun, drop, decline, collapse, deterioration)
6
decayed(adjective, uncleanness)
6
deterioration(noun, decline, collapse, decay, impairment)
6
putrefaction(noun, decline, collapse, deterioration, decay)
6
putrefying(verb, adjective, rotten, decaying, disintegrating)
6
putrid(adjective, rotten, uncleanness, stinking)
4
addling
4
crumbling(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
4
decomposed
4
disintegrating(verb, adjective, corrupt, disgusting, rotten)
4
mortifying(verb, adjective, disintegrating)
4
mouldering
4
putrescent(adjective, uncleanness)
3
bad
3
blight(noun, decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment)
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