Search results
- Dictionaryrot·ten/ˈrätn/
adjective
- 1. suffering from decay: "rotten eggs" Similar Opposite
- 2. very bad: informal "she was a rotten cook" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. to an extreme degree; very much: informal "your mother said that I spoiled you rotten"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of ROTTEN is having rotted : putrid. How to use rotten in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈrɑt· ə n / Add to word list. See at rot. Rotten also means bad: a rotten trick. rotten behavior. (Definition of rotten from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rotten. rotten. Rotten's vocals and the music and the compositions have gelled together. From. Wikipedia.
corrupt or morally offensive. Synonyms: immoral. Antonyms: moral. wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of work; a rotten day at the office. contemptible; despicable: a rotten little liar; a rotten trick. Synonyms: treacherous, unwholesome, disgusting.
Use the adjective rotten to describe something that is decaying or decayed. If you are like most people, you occasionally have to throw out rotten food — sometimes, it's so nasty you can't even tell what the food was in its original form!
You use rotten to emphasize your dislike for something or your anger or annoyance about it.
1. (Biochemistry) affected with rot; decomposing, decaying, or putrid. 2. breaking up, esp through age or hard use; disintegrating: rotten ironwork. 3. morally despicable or corrupt. 4. untrustworthy, disloyal, or treacherous. 5. informal unpleasant, unfortunate, or nasty: rotten luck; rotten weather.
us / ˈrɑː.t ə n / uk / ˈrɒt. ə n / Add to word list. B2. decayed: The room smelled like rotten vegetables. very bad: rotten weather. old-fashioned It was rotten of you to leave without saying goodbye. Fewer examples. The lizards live in cool, dark places such as rotten logs. The trash cans were full of rotten food.