rotting meat
Putrid animal tissue
Rotting meat is flesh in a state of decomposition, breaking down through bacterial action.
The phrase evokes strong sensory associations—the smell, the discoloration, the texture of decay.
It appears in discussions of food safety, biological processes, and metaphorically for anything corrupted or putrefying: The scandal hung over the administration like the stench of rotting meat.
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- maggotsLarval flies
- fly larvaeImmature stage of flies
dead animal · stench · bad smell · foul odor · festering · decomposition · rancid · carcass · flies · bloated · spoiled · food poisoning · cadaver · crime scene · flesh · corpse · vultures · bacteria
- Stinksbody odor, skunk, sewage, garbage smell, fart
- vulture foodcarrion, carcass, roadkill, animal remains, dead birds
rotting meatdelicacy
Refined sensitivity or rarity
prime cut · filet mignon · choice cuts · succulent meat · choice beef
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