rotting flesh
Putrefying organic matter
Rotting flesh is decomposing animal tissue—skin, muscle, and fat breaking down after death.
The phrase evokes visceral disgust: the smell, the maggots, the visible decay.
It appears in horror contexts, descriptions of battlefield carnage, and discussions of corpse disposal.
The vultures circled above the rotting flesh.
Metaphorically, it suggests moral corruption or societal decay.
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- maggotsLarval flies
decomposing matter · corpse · dead body · body bag · stench · foul smell · necrosis · open wound · cadaver · festering · gangrene · bloated · rigor mortis · rancid · carcass · mold · putrefaction · death
rotting fleshcured meat
Salt-preserved animal protein
smoked meat · jerky · canned meat · mummified remains · embalmed body
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