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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| inflections: |
rottener, rottenest |
| definition 1: |
in the process of rotting or the state of being rotted; decaying or decayed.
We had to throw out several of the apples because they were rotten.- synonyms:
- bad, corrupt, decayed, decomposing, foul, moldy, putrid, spoiled
- antonyms:
- fresh, sweet
- similar words:
- carious, mortified
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| definition 2: |
foul-smelling; putrid.
His rotten breath was hard to bear.- synonyms:
- fetid, foul, musty, putrid, rancid, rank, stinking
- similar words:
- bad, disgusting, loathsome, obnoxious, repulsive, sickening, sour
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| definition 3: |
morally corrupt or degenerate.
We've had enough of these rotten politicians.- synonyms:
- corrupt, degenerate, degraded, depraved, foul, rank
- antonyms:
- decent, honorable, nice
- similar words:
- bad, noxious, polluted, putrid, tainted, warped
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| definition 4: |
very unpleasant or unsatisfactory.
Their pay is low and they work under rotten conditions.Don't make me sing; I'm a rotten singer!- synonyms:
- bad, foul, terrible
- antonyms:
- delightful, good
- similar words:
- degrading, disgusting, putrid, sickening, unacceptable, unpleasant
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| definition 5: |
very unfavorable; very negative.
This restaurant got rotten reviews in the newspaper.- synonyms:
- bad, unfavorable
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| related words: |
lousy, miserable, musty, rancid, raw, sordid, sorry, ugly, unsound, worthless, wretched |
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| derivations: |
rottenly (adv.), rottenness (n.) |
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