rotten
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n adjective, rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est.
1.
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
2.
corrupt or morally offensive.
3.
wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of work; a rotten day at the office.
4.
contemptible; despicable: a rotten little liar; a rotten trick.
5.
(of soil, rocks, etc.) soft, yielding, or friable as the result of decomposition.
6.
Australian Slang. drunk.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English roten < Old Norse rotinn, past participle of an unrecorded verb meaning “to rot”
1175–1225; Middle English roten < Old Norse rotinn, past participle of an unrecorded verb meaning “to rot”
Related forms
rot·ten·ly, adverb
rot·ten·ness, noun
half-rot·ten, adjective
un·rot·ten, adjective
Synonyms
1. fetid, rank. 2. immoral. 4. disgusting, unwholesome; treacherous.
1. fetid, rank. 2. immoral. 4. disgusting, unwholesome; treacherous.
Antonyms
1. sound. 2. moral.
1. sound. 2. moral.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | affected with rot; decomposing, decaying, or putrid |
| 2. | breaking up, esp through age or hard use; disintegrating: rotten ironwork |
| 3. | morally despicable or corrupt |
| 4. | untrustworthy, disloyal, or treacherous |
| 5. | informal unpleasant, unfortunate, or nasty: rotten luck; rotten weather |
| 6. | informal unsatisfactory or poor: rotten workmanship |
| 7. | informal miserably unwell |
| 8. | informal distressed, uncomfortable, and embarrassed: I felt rotten when I told him to go |
| 9. | (of rocks, soils, etc) soft and crumbling, esp as a result of weathering |
| 10. | slang chiefly (Austral), (NZ) intoxicated; drunk |
| —adv | |
| 11. | extremely; very much: men fancy her rotten |
| [C13: from Old Norse rottin; related to Old English rotian to | |
| 'rottenly | |
| —adv | |
| 'rottenness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rotten
early 13c., from O.N. rotinn "decayed," pp. of verb related to rotna "to decay," from P.Gmc. stem *rut- (see rot). Sense of "corrupt" is from late 14c.; weakened sense of "bad" first recorded 1881. Rotter "objectionable person" is recorded from 1894. Rotten apple is from a saying
traced back to at least 1528: "For one rotten apple lytell and lytell putrifieth an whole heape."
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Slang Dictionary
rotten definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Many times my kitchen becomes so messy and due to rotten potatoes.
Your chair may give you a rotten schedule for the rest of your life, though.
The rotten-egg smell of sulfur dioxide gas hinted that magma was still cooling inside.
Bret should probably peel back another layer of that rotten onion.
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