Sekirov Dictionary

rotten

UK /ˈɹɒtn̩/US /ˈɹɑtn̩/

adjective 6
adverb 1
forms 4
phrases 3

adjective6

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(of food) so old that it has gone bad, smells and is not safe to eat
- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
•
In a state of decay.
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
•
Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- The quartz specimens were sometimes blue, hard-looking stone, or rotten quartz largely impregnated with iron, in both cases carrying bright glittering nodules of gold. — 1887
•
Bad or terrible.
- Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
•
Cruel, mean or immoral.
- That man is a rotten father.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
(UK, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.

adverb1

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To an extreme degree.
- That kid is spoilt rotten.
- The girls fancy him something rotten.

forms

more rotten · rottener · most rotten · rottenest

Phrases with rotten

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