rotten

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.

   • If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
2. 2

   In a state of decay.

   • The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
   • His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
   • But poore old man, thou prun'ſt a rotten tree, / That cannot ſo much as a bloſſome yeelde
3. 3

   Cruel, mean or immoral.

   • That man is a rotten father.
   • This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
   • Something is rotten in the State of Denmarke.
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   1. 4

      Bad or terrible.

      • Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
      • It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
      • She has the flu and feels rotten.
   2. 5

      Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable

      Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.

      • The quartz specimens were sometimes blue, hard-looking stone, or rotten quartz largely impregnated with iron, in both cases carrying bright glittering nodules of gold.
   3. 6

      Very drunk, intoxicated.

   4. 7

      To an extreme degree.

      • That kid is spoilt rotten.
      • The girls fancy him something rotten.
      • "It's old man Challenger's show and we are here by his good will, so it would be rotten bad form if we didn't follow his instructions to the letter."

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• synonymgone bad
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• synonymmaggoted
• synonymrotten
• synonymspoiled
• antonymedible
• antonymfresh
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• neighborstale
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