adjective
-
having roots
-
deeply felt
rooted objections
-
slang tired or defeated
-
taboo an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
Other Word Forms
- multirooted adjective
- rootedly adverb
- rootedness noun
- underrooted adjective
- well-rooted adjective
Etymology
Origin of rooted
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English roted; root 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There is nothing new about the bad conscience or self-destructive urge that Baudrillard identified within Western civilization, or about its deeply rooted conflict between incompatible tendencies we might call liberation and domination.
From Salon
New research from SwRI points to a possible explanation rooted in space weather.
From Science Daily
“Roblox’s success is rooted in the boundless creativity of our creator community,” whose dedication resulted in “massive growth in our platform and enabled our top 1,000 creators to earn an average of $1.3 million.”
From Barron's
While that matched Wall Street’s consensus, some traders had rooted for a cut in issuance as well as increased buybacks—both of which would have reduced the amount of supply.
From Barron's
They are affirming a worldview rooted in biblical record while fighting the erasure of the foundations upon which Western civilization is built.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
