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
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective
very bad
"a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
decayed, rotten, rottedadjective
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
"rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
rottenadjective
having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
"dead and rotten in his grave"
Wiktionary
rottenadverb
To an extreme degree.
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.
rottenadjective
In a state of decay.
rottenadjective
Cruel, mean or immoral.
rottenadjective
Bad or terrible.
Etymology: From roten, from rotinn, past participle of an unrecorded verb related to rotna and rotian. More at rot.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ChatGPT
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
Rottenadjective
having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat
Rottenadjective
offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting
Rottenadjective
not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
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Rank popularity for the word 'rotten' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4105
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Anagrams for rotten »
Trento
terton
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rotten in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rotten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of rotten in a Sentence
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.
They always say, Mr. Speaker, the devil is in the detail. And, having seen the detail, it confirms everything we thought about this rotten deal.
When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, and all other systems that traffic in future rewards rather than in present realities.
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.
I think of the things that I’ve done for the country, the firing of James Comey is going to go down as a very good thing, the FBI is great. I know so many people in The FBI. The FBI is The FBI, but some of the people at the top were rotten apples. James Comey was one of them.
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- فاسدArabic
- podritCatalan, Valencian
- shnilýCzech
- råddenDanish
- scheußlich, verfault, faulGerman
- σάπιος, σαθρός, φαύλοςGreek
- putra, aĉaEsperanto
- malo, putrefactoSpanish
- پوسیدهPersian
- mädännäinen, mätä, mädäntynytFinnish
- rotinFaroese
- pourri, mauvaisFrench
- lofaIrish
- lobhte, grod, breunScottish Gaelic
- rohadtHungarian
- փտածArmenian
- busukIndonesian
- marcio, marcito, malvagioItalian
- 腐った, 腐朽Japanese
- 썩다Korean
- sapuvisLatvian
- piro, manumanuāMāori
- ပုပ်Burmese
- gemeen, rot, verrotDutch
- råttenNorwegian
- dláádNavajo, Navaho
- poiritOccitan
- podre, malvado, cruelPortuguese
- putredRomanian
- гнилой, гадкийRussian
- fracicu, prudicuSardinian
- trȕo, gnjȉoSerbo-Croatian
- hnilý, zhnitýSlovak
- gnilSlovene
- prishur, kalburAlbanian
- ruttenSwedish
- చెడిపోయినTelugu
- bozuk, çürükTurkish
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