rotten
adjective, rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est.
Origin of rotten
Synonyms for rotten
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Related Words for rotten
putrid, rotting, disgusting, rancid, noxious, sour, spoiled, corrupt, moldy, stale, overripe, crooked, unpleasant, unlucky, lousy, diseased, crummy, amiss, nasty, dirtyExamples from the Web for rotten
Contemporary Examples of rotten
It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.
Which to me, after the initial explosion of the Sex Pistols, always made Rotten kind of boring.
The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And CharmLegs McNeil
November 20, 2014
Yeonmi had been hospitalized at the time for a stomach illness, likely from her diet of rotten potatoes.
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian StateLizzie Crocker
October 31, 2014
Fittingly to that point, its Rotten Tomato score (as of Tuesday evening) was a flat 50 percent.
They know this is a rotten deal and they are demoralized, running faster and faster with no hope of catching up.
Historical Examples of rotten
Even the best of them were rotten to the core, and but mere adventurers.
RidgewayScian Dubh
There ain't a rotten knot in it from butt to finish, and mighty few of any other kind.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
She was of about two hundred tons burthen, but must have-been old and rotten.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
But he took me to his own house for a glass of sherry and a biscuit, and there it wasn't so rotten.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson