as in rotting
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as in fermentation
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as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moldering
Noun
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They are added to foods and drinks for sweetness, preservation, and fermentation.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
3 Apr. 2025 -
The crumb should be light and craggy and the air pockets should be different sizes, signs of good fermentation.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then came the yacht’s renaissance by her father, who saw beauty and sailing prowess inside a rotting hull.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
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Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Other than a potentially moldy pillow, there are a few others risks to consider.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2025
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Her clients have survived everything from hate crimes to electrical fires to moldy food, leaving her wondering why shelters don’t at least get inspected and publicly graded like restaurants.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This enables the terrorist group Al-Shabab to recruit militants, spread their destructive ideology, and expand operations beyond Somalia's borders under the guise of preventing Somalia's disintegration.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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Yet a life guided by this precept flashed by in moments of critical distraction and disintegration.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The It alum underwent yet another dramatic transformation for his latest role, including prosthetics to give him decaying skin, protruding cheekbones, and an altogether frightening look.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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But in the city’s old neighborhoods, nothing seems to have changed apart from new street signs that have been posted incongruously on decaying buildings and market stalls.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This putrescent combination of sky-high home prices, rising mortgage rates and stifling consumer inflation have forced all but the wealthiest or most determined buyers out of a new home.—
Q.ai - Powering a Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
17 Aug. 2022
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The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc.—
Kym Pokorny,
OregonLive.com,
17 Apr. 2018
Verb
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Their ancient bones are in the process of disintegrating.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Except—and for me, the difference is crucial—Akhtar employed his creativity and imagination to shape these source materials into an utterly original work of art, whereas the rapidly disintegrating McNeal employs a chatbot, which shapes the material into an uncannily precise act of mimesis.—
Ayad Akhtar,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Moldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moldering. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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