MOLDERED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

moldered

verb

past tense of molder

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition leaves moldering in the compost pile

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Recent Examples of moldered The bodies of their mothers, fathers, grandparents, children and babies had moldered in a room-temperature building in Colorado. — Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026

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The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The autopsy report said investigators used dental image comparisons to identify the body, which was severely decomposed.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of decomposed

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The resulting collisions formed excited compound nuclei that decayed through multiple gamma-ray steps.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

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Just seconds later, in a separate incident, the Brazilian F50 was about to go into a standard jibe maneuver (turning the boat through the wind to change direction) but disintegrated in the blink of an eye.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Tim Graham/Getty Images Most Popular Nader’s empire quickly disintegrated into chaos.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of disintegrated

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