rotten
About 2.88 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective 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.
- adjective In a state of decay.
The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
- adjective Cruel, mean or immoral.
That man is a rotten father.
- adjective Bad or terrible.
Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- adjective Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- adjective Very drunk, intoxicated.
- adverb To an extreme degree.
That kid is spoilt rotten.
Similar words
decayed rotting rotted mouldering tainted putrid putrescent crappy icky shitty
Often followed by
and wood eggs boroughs in to row with apples
Word family
rotten to the core rottener rottenest rottenly rottenness rottennesses
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