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rottenness

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rot⋅ten

  [rot-n]
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–adjective, -er, -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; ME roten < ON rotinn, ptp. of an unrecorded verb meaning “to rot”

Related forms:
rot⋅ten⋅ly, adverb
rot⋅ten⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. fetid, rank. 2. immoral. 4. disgusting, unwholesome; treacherous.

Antonyms:
1. sound. 2. moral.
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rot·ten   (rŏt'n)   
adj.   rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est

  1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed.

  2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.

  3. Made weak or unsound by rot: rotten floorboards.

  4. Morally corrupt or despicable: She's rotten to the core.

  5. Very bad; wretched: rotten weather.

adv.  To a very great degree: The child is spoiled rotten.

[Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn.]
rot'ten·ly adv., rot'ten·ness n.
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