When wood—for example, a tree stump—is starting to decay inside, you’d say, “It’s ________ inside.”
ROTTEN | 633 |
ROTTING | 186 |
ROTTED | 48 |
ROTTENING | 41 |
PUNKY | 33 |
DOTY | 32 |
HOLLOW | 25 |
DECAYING | 16 |
NR | 13 |
DECAYED | 12 |
DETERIORATING | 9 |
ROTTING AWAY | 9 |
DOZY | 8 |
BEGINNING TO ROT | 7 |
PITHY | 7 |
DEAD | 6 |
ROTTED OUT | 6 |
GETTING ROTTEN | 5 |
ROTTED AWAY | 5 |
WORMY | 5 |
PUNK | 4 |
DRY ROT | 3 |
GOING BAD | 3 |
ROTTING OUT | 3 |
SOFT | 3 |
STARTING TO ROT | 3 |
DISEASED | 2 |
MOLDY | 2 |
MUSHY | 2 |
PETHY | 2 |
ALL GONE | 1 |
ALL ROTTED | 1 |
ALL ROTTEN | 1 |
BEGAN TO ROTTEN | 1 |
BEGINNING TO DECAY | 1 |
BRUSHY | 1 |
DEAD DECAY | 1 |
DECOMPOSED | 1 |
DECOMPOSING | 1 |
DOTED | 1 |
DRY ROTTED | 1 |
DYING | 1 |
EMPTY | 1 |
FALLING APART | 1 |
FIXING TO ROT | 1 |
FULL OF STUMP WATER | 1 |
FULL OF TERMITES | 1 |
FUNKY | 1 |
GETTING HOLLOW | 1 |
GETTING K K | 1 |
GETTING MUSHY | 1 |
GOING TO PIECES | 1 |
GONE SPALT | 1 |
HALF-ROTTEN | 1 |
HOLLER AT THE BUTT | 1 |
INFECTED | 1 |
IT DRY-ROTS | 1 |
IT’S ROTTING | 1 |
IT’S ROTTING OUT | 1 |
MILDEWED | 1 |
MUSHROOMY | 1 |
PULPY | 1 |
RATTY | 1 |
RED-HEARTED | 1 |
ROT | 1 |
ROTTEN AT THE BUTT | 1 |
ROTTEN AT THE CORE | 1 |
ROTTEN TO THE CORE | 1 |
SHAKY | 1 |
SICK | 1 |
SPONGY | 1 |
SPUNKY | 1 |
TURNING TO PUNK | 1 |
WORM-EATEN | 1 |
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