rotten

rotten
adj
1. putrid, decayed, decomposed, purulent; rancid, carious, maggoty, wormy, worm-eaten; fetid, feculent, rank, Archaic. reechy; spoiled, contaminated, tainted, unclean, foul, flyblown; diseased, saprogenic, gangrenous, bad, Pathol. sphaculate, Pathol. necrotic, Pathol. mortified; putrescent, decaying, decomposing, rotting; noxious, noisome, mephitic.
2. corrupt, immoral, unprincipled, unscrupulous, shameless, abandoned, reprobate, miscreant; depraved, wicked, evil, iniquitous, facinorous, nefarious, flagitious, villainous; debased, debauched, demoralized, degenerate, warped, perverted; dissolute, profligate, dissipated, wanton.
3.Informal. miserable, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pitiable, pathetic; meager, petty, piddling, Inf. measly, paltry, Inf. lousy, Sl. crummy; unacceptable, unsatisfactory, inadequate, insufficient.
4. despicable, contemptible, beneath contempt, worthy of contempt, detestable, base, base-spirited, mean, mean spirited, vile, low, Inf. low-down, Sl. low-down-dirty-rotten, Archaic. caitiff; loathsome, abominable, disgusting.

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  • Rotten — Rot ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. [1913 Webster] You common cry of curs! whose breath I… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rotten — hat verschiedene Bedeutungen: deutscher Name für den Fluss Rhône alternative Bezeichnung für die Röste in der Naturfaserverarbeitung rotten.com, Webseite mit abschreckendem Inhalt Personen: Hausname von Dr. Elisabeth Rotten, (1882–1964) einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • rotten — early 13c., from O.N. rotinn decayed, pp. of verb related to rotna to decay, from P.Gmc. stem *rut (see ROT (Cf. rot)). Sense of corrupt is from late 14c.; weakened sense of bad first recorded 1881. Rotten apple is from a saying traced back to at …   Etymology dictionary

  • rotten — [adj1] decayed, decaying bad, badsmelling, corroded, corrupt, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disgusting, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering …   New thesaurus

  • rotten — ► ADJECTIVE 1) suffering from decay. 2) corrupt. 3) informal very bad or unpleasant. ► ADVERB informal ▪ very much: your mother spoiled you rotten. DERIVATIVES rottenness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Rotten — Rotten, so v.w. Rothflosser …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Rotten [1] — Rotten, s. Rotkarpfen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rotten [2] — Rotten des Flachses, s. Flachs, S. 648 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rotten — Rotten, Fisch, s. Rotfeder …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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