What does Rotten mean?

Definitions for Rotten
ˈrɒt nrot·ten

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Rotten.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective

    very bad

    "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

  2. decayed, rotten, rottedadjective

    damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

    "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"

  3. rottenadjective

    having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness

    "dead and rotten in his grave"

Wiktionary

  1. rottenadverb

    To an extreme degree.

  2. rottenadjective

    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.

  3. rottenadjective

    In a state of decay.

  4. rottenadjective

    Cruel, mean or immoral.

  5. rottenadjective

    Bad or terrible.

  6. Etymology: From roten, from rotinn, past participle of an unrecorded verb related to rotna and rotian. More at rot.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

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  1. rotten

    Rotten is a term used to describe something that has decayed, degraded, or deteriorated, often due to age or lack of preservation. This term is frequently used to refer to food or organic materials that have become unfit for consumption or use due to bacterial or fungal actions. It can also be metaphorically used to describe something as extremely bad, unpleasant, or corrupt.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rottenadjective

    having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat

  2. Rottenadjective

    offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting

  3. Rottenadjective

    not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rotten

    rot′n, adj. putrefied: corrupt: decomposed: unsound: treacherous: fetid: friable, as rottenstone.—adv. Rott′enly, in a rotten manner: defectively.—ns. Rott′enness; Rott′enstone, a soft and earthy stone powdered to polish brass, &c.—v.t. to polish with rottenstone. [Rot.]

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Rotten' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4105

Anagrams for Rotten »

  1. Trento

  2. terton

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rotten in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rotten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Rotten in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement, the Iran deal is defective at its core.

  2. President Trump:

    I’d actually say—how is he going to explain to his grandchildren all of the lies, the deceit, all of the problems he has caused for this country? i think of the things I’ve done for the country, the firing of James Comey is going to go down as a very good thing…The FBI is a fantastic institution, but some of the people at the top were rotten apples. James Comey was one of them.

  3. Butcher Johel Prieto:

    Of course they eat the meat -- thanks to [President Nikolas] Maduro, the food of the poor is rotten food.

  4. Jeff Miller:

    There are some rotten people that work in the department that need to be fired, not protected.

  5. Carlos Jr.:

    It makes you feel rotten inside that you can't grieve, you can't cry, you can't --.

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