rotten

rotten
[[t]rɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]]
1) ADJ If food, wood, or another substance is rotten, it has decayed and can no longer be used.

The smell outside this building is overwhelming - like rotten eggs...

The front bay window is rotten.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something as rotten, you think it is very unpleasant or of very poor quality. [INFORMAL]

I personally think it's a rotten idea...

I had a pretty rotten day yesterday...

What rotten luck!

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3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as rotten, you are insulting them or criticizing them because you think that they are very unpleasant or unkind. [INFORMAL]

You rotten swine! How dare you?...

That's a rotten thing to say!

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4) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If you feel rotten, you feel bad, either because you are ill or because you are sorry about something. [INFORMAL]

I had glandular fever and spent that year feeling rotten...

Suddenly, Sarah felt rotten about the whole thing.

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5) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) You use rotten to emphasize your dislike for something or your anger or annoyance about it. [INFORMAL]

She was a rotten coward...

Keep your rotten mouth shut.


English dictionary. 2008.

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