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Meaning of 'rotten' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rotten [ a.]
- Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
- Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.
- Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.

Meaning of 'rotten' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rotten [ s]
Meaning (1):
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
Example in sentence:
  • a decayed foundation;
  • rotted beams;
  • rotten floor boards
Meaning (2):
- very bad
Example in sentence:
  • a lousy play;
  • it's a stinking world
Meaning (3):
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
Example in sentence:
  • dead and rotten in his grave

Nearby Words:

rot rota rotacism rotal rotalite rotary rotascope rotate rotated rotating

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