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Definitions for Rotten

[1] decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
[2] corrupt or morally offensive.
[3] wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of work; a rotten day at the office.
[4] contemptible; despicable: a rotten little liar; a rotten trick.
[5] (of soil, rocks, etc.) soft, yielding, or friable as the result of decomposition.
[6] Australian Slang . drunk.
[7] affected with rot; decomposing, decaying, or putrid
[8] breaking up, esp through age or hard use; disintegrating rotten ironwork
[9] morally despicable or corrupt
[10] untrustworthy, disloyal, or treacherous
[11] informal unpleasant, unfortunate, or nasty rotten luck ; rotten weather
[12] informal unsatisfactory or poor rotten workmanship
[13] informal miserably unwell
[14] informal distressed, uncomfortable, and embarrassed I felt rotten when I told him to go
[15] (of rocks, soils, etc) soft and crumbling, esp as a result of weathering
[16] slang , mainly Australian and NZ intoxicated; drunk
[17] extremely; very much men fancy her rotten

Words related to Rotten

putrid, rotting, disgusting, rancid, noxious, sour, spoiled, corrupt, moldy, stale, overripe, crooked, unpleasant, unlucky, lousy, diseased, crummy, amiss, nasty, dirty

Words nearby Rotten

rototiller, rototome, rotovate, rotproof, rotte, rotten, rotten apple, rotten borough, rotten egg, rotten ice, rotten to the core

Origin of Rotten

1175–1225; Middle English roten < Old Norse rotinn, past participle of an unrecorded verb meaning “to rot”

Other words from Rotten

rot·ten·ly , adverb
rot·ten·ness , noun
half-rot·ten , adjective
un·rot·ten , adjective

Word origin for Rotten

C13: from Old Norse rottin ; related to Old English rotian to rot 1

Synonyms for Rotten

corrupt, disgusting, moldy, noxious, overripe, putrid, rancid, rotting, sour, spoiled, stale, bad, bad-smelling, corroded, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering, noisome, offensive, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrified, rank, smelling, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound