rotten
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈrɑːtən/
:
pésimo
- That was a rotten thing to do.
- a rotten system
There are some pretty rotten kids, you know, but come on.
- There are some pretty rotten kids, you know, but come on.
- But there's no doubt my Oliver is the single most rotten dog in history.
- It's it's bad, it's wicked, it's rotten, you could say.
- It is not just the bad editors at rotten newspapers or websites who do it.
- So that was like the most rotten hole that I've ever had to climb out of.
- He says it's a rotten newspaper and they've truly gone to hell.
- That they are fundamentally bad, that they are evil, that they are rotten at their core.
- I've had people wish, incredibly, just rotten things.
- He's becoming more angry, he's more judgmental, he's more rotten.
- Dirty, rotten and weedy and habitat.
Examples
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This is like the rotten core at the heart of modern statism.
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You feel threatened, you feel rotten, you feel miserable.
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We're a great country, but something is rotten in our in our financial markets.
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Every night at dinner we hear about how hard she works and how rotten we kids are.
Academic text (1992) -
And they get bags that are just full of rotten food.
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That they are fundamentally bad, that they are evil, that they are rotten at their core.
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Two more long, boring, rotten weeks, and she'd be out for the summer.
Fiction book (1990) -
But there's no doubt my Oliver is the single most rotten dog in history.
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Their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption.
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The fruit was left out too long and became completely rotten.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
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4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
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1.0
Spoiled and not safe to eat
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1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
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2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
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7.5
Very bad or of low quality
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5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
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9.9
Very bad or low quality, used to show strong dislike
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4.1
A person or action that is very bad and dishonest
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6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
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4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
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7.1
Sticky and unpleasant to touch or smell
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3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
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6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
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7.0
Being very bad and of low quality
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7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
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7.0
Rotting and smelling very bad
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5.3
Very bad or unpleasant
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8.2
Very bad and unpleasant, of poor quality
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6.0
Dirty and not good quality
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8.1
Completely dishonest and morally bad in every part
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1.8
Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad
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8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
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4.3
A very bad or shocking thing, often a poor story
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7.4
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste, or touch
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3.0
Damaged by decay so it is no longer safe or useful
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
Feels unpleasant and gross, often sticky or smelly
Turned unpleasant, like milk that went bad or a friendship that ended
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
6.7
To give someone too much kindness and gifts so they expect special treatment
Compounds
- Literature
A small English voting area in the past where one person controlled the few voters
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rotten also comes from the same root rot meaning 'decay', but used for quality instead of food. So calling something rotten (like a day or a movie) means it was very unpleasant or of poor quality.