rotten

Meaning

Adj

1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
2. In a state of decay.
3. Cruel, mean or immoral.
4. Bad or terrible.
5. Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
6. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.

Adv

To an extreme degree.

Synonyms

decayed

putrid

bad

👎

spoiled

lousy

foul

stinking

nasty

wretched

rancid

decomposed

mean

addle

worthless

miserable

decaying

corrupt

worm-eaten

old

🧓

trashy

smelly

addled

shitty

rot

beastly

musty

ugly

putrefied

rotted

fetid

useless

rank

withered

filthy

muddy

vile

stinky

crappy

sour

spoilt

mouldy

stale

rotting

contaminated

good-for-nothing

dead

💀

putrescent

slow

carious

damned

Translations

pourri

podrido

marcio

faul

σάπιος

podre

rot

verfault

putrefatto

faulig

verrot

putrido

putrefacto

podrit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɒtn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: roten

Cognate with Old Norse: rotna

Cognate with Old English: rotian

In summary

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle).

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