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What is another word for
decomposing
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▲
Adjective
(
of organic matter
)
In the process of decaying
Falling apart or broken down
Verb
Present participle for to decompose or break down, especially biologically
Present participle for to separate or break down something into its components
Present participle for to analyze by taking apart
Present participle for to wear away or destroy gradually
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Adjective
▲
(
of organic matter
)
In the process of decaying
decaying
foetid
UK
fetid
US
putrid
rancid
rotting
festering
mouldering
UK
moldering
US
off
putrefying
rank
spoiling
stale
crumbling
disintegrating
mouldy
UK
moldy
US
bad
infected
perishing
sour
rotten
putrescent
decayed
spoiled
US
decomposed
spoilt
UK
stinking
smelly
putrefied
tainted
foul
contaminated
reeking
putrefactive
festy
corrupt
musty
whiffy
noxious
noisome
perished
putrefacient
addled
wormy
flyblown
turned
maggoty
gangrenous
worm-eaten
carious
rotted
malodorous
mildewy
mephitic
corrupted
fusty
overripe
moldered
US
olid
mouldered
UK
polluted
disgusting
nidorous
pungent
foul-smelling
strong-smelling
reeky
diseased
mildewed
putrified
wasting away
feculent
high
stagnant
gross
dirty
nasty
filthy
strong
unfit for human consumption
inedible
curdled
soured
nauseating
evil-smelling
impure
stenchy
stenchful
repulsive
revolting
funky
sprouting
fungal
mucid
blighted
going bad
septic
gone off
going off
gone bad
gamy
necrotic
miasmal
miasmic
icky
wasted
ruined
corroded
unsound
graveolent
degenerated
yecchy
disagreeable
grody
fermented
dank
unfresh
old
unhealthy
carrion
withered
riddled
odoriferous
acrid
skunky
harsh
vile
offensive
acid
acidic
bitter
pongy
stinky
odiferous
defiled
corroding
caried
dirtied
pustular
poisonous
purulent
faecal
UK
sullied
beastly
unpleasant
smelling
fecal
US
loathsome
unclean
soiled
bad-smelling
unwholesome
insalubrious
toxic
infested
unsanitary
unhygienic
pestilent
insanitary
unsanitized
adulterated
unfiltered
poisoned
fouled
disintegrated
maggoted
adulterate
blemished
imperfect
impaired
stained
alloyed
scummy
scungy
deleterious
germy
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
clabbered
unhealthful
disease-ridden
hardened
dry
hard
dried out
past its best
germ-ridden
past its sell-by date
more ❯
“It is preferable to feed the turtles in a separate enclosure, minimizing the presence of
decomposing
food that contributes to poor water quality.”
Adjective
▲
Falling apart or broken down
crumbling
dilapidated
ramshackle
decaying
derelict
rickety
rundown
deteriorating
disintegrating
rotten
collapsing
rotting
fragile
crumbly
putrefying
moldering
US
eroding
peeling
subsiding
breaking
mouldering
UK
falling to pieces
in ruins
falling apart
on its last legs
breaking up
in bad condition
caving in
falling in
decrepit
coming apart at the seams
falling apart at the seams
shaky
corroded
unsound
withering
disintegrated
crumbled
coming undone
broken-down
tumbledown
deteriorated
shabby
run down
battered
in disrepair
decayed
worn out
run-down
damaged
neglected
worse for wear
declining
failing
gone to rack and ruin
waning
seedy
threadbare
in a state of disrepair
tattered
rumpty
broken
ruined
shambly
weakening
fading
worn
beat-up
old
tatty
bedraggled
degenerating
slumping
degenerative
worsening
dying
worn-out
in decline
aging
US
ageing
UK
stale
scruffy
faded
ruinous
creaky
creaking
shacky
wearing out
shoddy
on the decline
in tatters
on the way out
weather-beaten
tumble-down
atrophying
ill-maintained
broken down
flimsy
perishing
weak
ragged
moribund
frayed
wrecked
antiquated
impaired
tatterdemalion
superannuated
injured
tottering
marred
used
ratty
holey
insubstantial
patched
destroyed
raggedy
sorry
frail
moth-eaten
unmaintained
untended
grotty
well worn
warby
feeble
rent
in ribbons
in poor condition
defective
in holes
worn to shreds
time-worn
in rags
beat up
raggedy-ass
on your last legs
clapped out
breaking down
badly maintained
poorly maintained
having seen better days
gone to seed
the worse for wear
crummy
tawdry
ropy
dingy
degenerated
eroded
mean
deformed
unkempt
rotted
faulty
buckled
condemned
regressing
sinking
overworked
overused
cracked
warped
abandoned
busted
dinged
totaled
lined
wizened
knocked around
abnormal
torn
rusting
disappearing
beat
rusted
oxidized
US
oxidised
UK
unstable
wobbly
dog-eared
worn-down
wrung out
pegged out
well-worn
unsteady
precarious
languishing
insecure
tottery
munted
fordone
shot
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
beaten up
botched
spoilt
UK
mutilated
spoiled
US
harmed
unsafe
rocky
past its prime
unbalanced
brittle
on the rocks
breakable
vulnerable
in trouble
infirm
uncared-for
wavering
in pieces
in difficulty
done for
in a bad way
in a bad state
wearing away
beyond repair
practically over
frangible
rattletrap
tenuous
jerry-built
friable
splintery
smashable
senescent
destructible
shatterable
fracturable
destroyable
dodgy
decrepit. in ruins
falling down
easily broken
easily destroyed
tacky
tired
quavering
shaking
haggard
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decompose or break down, especially biologically
decaying
rotting
spoiling
putrefying
festering
perishing
disintegrating
moldering
US
corrupting
moulding
UK
molding
US
mouldering
UK
deteriorating
fouling
crumbling
turning
degrading
mortifying
sphacelating
tainting
corroding
necrotizing
breaking down
going bad
going off
breaking up
going moldy
degenerating
withering
falling apart
curdling
going mouldy
going sour
mildewing
necrosing
gangrening
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
souring
shriveling up
going rancid
becoming rotten
dissolving
sapping
discoloring
US
defiling
blighting
declining
discolouring
UK
atrophying
wasting
growing moldy
becoming gangrenous
going to seed
wearing away
wasting away
becoming rancid
rotting away
falling into decay
gathering
dilapidating
composting
going stale
dying
deadening
stinking
cankering
addling
acidifying
suppurating
sickening
becoming infected
becoming sour
fermenting
making rancid
going to rack and ruin
falling to pieces
becoming addled
worsening
becoming useless
going rotten
becoming contaminated
becoming tainted
retrograding
sinking
ebbing
regressing
devolving
descending
fading
wilting
weakening
diminishing
dwindling
flagging
debilitating
emaciating
languishing
sagging
shrinking
waning
falling
vitiating
slumping
failing
going downhill
going backwards
becoming worse
getting worse
growing worse
tarnishing
rusting
becoming emaciated
growing weak
disappearing
thinning
becoming rusty
retrogressing
collapsing
depreciating
disimproving
stagnating
drooping
devitalizing
enervating
sliding
debasing
slipping
etiolating
lagging
lapsing
going
impairing
dropping
wizening
becoming debilitated
losing quality
going to pot
going down the toilet
falling apart at the seams
going into decline
going to pieces
hitting the skids
more ❯
“Leaves
decompose
quickly, which can turn water murky and even make it smelly.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to separate or break down something into its components
crumbling
disintegrating
decaying
degenerating
deteriorating
dissolving
breaking apart
breaking up
breaking down
falling apart
“For this reason, demolition experts prefer to use explosive chemicals that contain molecules that readily
decompose
to form gases.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to analyze by taking apart
separating
dividing
resolving
analyzing
US
analysing
UK
disintegrating
dissecting
dissolving
decompounding
reducing
anatomizing
fractionating
atomizing
distilling
breaking down
breaking up
assaying
studying
parting
deconstructing
cutting
taking apart
considering
testing
thinking through
hydrolyzing
unraveling
US
dismantling
electrolyzing
unravelling
UK
investigating
parsing
determining
examining
laying bare
cutting up
X-raying
scrutinizing
US
probing
inspecting
researching
exploring
sifting
splitting
delving into
poring over
going over with a fine-tooth comb
scrutinising
UK
inquiring about
uncoupling
unlinking
dissociating
severing
disconnecting
decoupling
disassociating
sundering
disjoining
unyoking
disuniting
divorcing
clearing
dissevering
disjointing
ramifying
splitting up
evaluating
reviewing
looking over
looking into
surveying
going into
checking out
enquiring into
inquiring into
going over
looking at
checking
eyeballing
questioning
digging into
scanning
taking stock of
auditing
working over
appraising
querying
viewing
sizing up
assessing
canvassing
going through
weighing up
chewing over
checking over
sounding out
conducting an enquiry into
perusing
searching
contemplating
casing
interrogating
vetting
pondering
picking apart
testing the waters
examining closely
scoping out
putting under a microscope
feeling out
giving the once-over
interpreting
estimating
weighing
overlooking
digging
verifying
brainstorming
frisking
thinking about
poking
opening up
reading
diving into
mulling over
brooding over
taking a look at
checking into
searching into
conducting an investigation into
checking up
taking a look
monitoring
looking
conning
judging
overseeing
perlustrating
penetrating
inquiring
piercing
quizzing
candling
delving
pegging
excogitating
prospecting
enquiring
UK
recceing
kicking around
proving
scouting
comparing
putting out feelers
spying
reconnoitering
US
bugging
tapping
discussing
tackling
reconnoitring
UK
having a look
examining carefully
following up
enquiring about
digging deep
searching the evidence concerning
asking questions of
making inquiry
doing research into
trying to get to the bottom of
listening in
sorting out
looking at carefully
sifting the evidence concerning
prying into
reading into
going through with a fine-tooth comb
sussing out
making inquiries about
putting to the test
putting questions to
giving something a going-over
subjecting to an examination
making enquiries about
nosing around
running down
taking stock
cross-examining
giving the once over
checking up on
digging deeper
dipped one's toe in the water
giving something a once-over
deliberating on
reading up on
staking out
probing into
poking around
searching for
carrying out an inquest into
muckraking
underseeking
wiretapping
rating
regarding
discerning
perceiving
identifying
nitpicking
valuing
beholding
observing
trying
wading into
leaving no stone unturned
having a look at
criticizing
US
unpacking
decoding
probing deeper
examining more carefully
exploring further
investigating further
measuring
establishing
taking a look at it
investigating it
esteeming
treating
criticising
UK
seeing
valuating
itemizing
US
itemising
UK
deciphering
disentangling
noting
confirming
ascertaining
certifying
sizing
looking closely
fathoming
looking upon
looking on
picking at
thinking of
finding fault
picking holes
telling
ensuring
counting
correcting
explicating
turning
deliberating
debating
meditating
cogitating
perpending
revolving
ruminating
sorting through
turning over
conducting investigations into
sifting through
finding out
testing out
keeping account
giving something a look-see
taking a dekko at
trying out
scouting out
making sure of
looking see
figuring
wrestling with
experimenting
thinking over
conducting research into
entertaining
catechizing
doing research
thinking out
conducting a survey of
plumbing
putting out a feeler
pursuing
getting back to
finding out about
chasing up
asking questions about
making enquiries into
scoping
watching
combing
staring
smoking
getting a load of
burning up
taking the measure of
more ❯
“I will
decompose
this complex equation by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable components.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to wear away or destroy gradually
corroding
eroding
consuming
rusting
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
abrading
rotting
dissolving
tarnishing
deteriorating
fretting
decaying
destroying
eating
gnawing
oxidating
corrupting
scouring
wearing
wasting
nibbling
spoiling
impairing
biting
cankering
flaking
wearing away
wearing down
eating away
biting into
burning into
eating away at
biting at
gnawing away
burning through
gnawing away at
declining
stagnating
atrophying
degenerating
going stale
crumbling away
becoming rusty
disintegrating
crumbling
damaging
melting
exhausting
liquefying
dissipating
wasting away
worn through
running through
burning
etching
searing
undermining
weathering
eating into
chipping away at
engraving
weakening
diminishing
ablating
vaporising
UK
vaporizing
US
lessening
sapping
scraping away
doing a number on
taking its toll
breaking up
chafing
rasping
rubbing
fraying
galling
frazzling
scraping
scratching
grazing
corrading
grinding
scuffing
using
fading
overusing
bothering
taxing
overworking
wearing out
wearing thin
becoming worn
rubbing away
scraping off
washing away
rubbing down
cutting down
going to seed
becoming threadbare
grinding away
using up
more ❯
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