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English adjective: rotten

1. rotten very bad


SamplesA lousy play.
It's a stinking world.


Synonymscrappy, icky, lousy, shitty, stinking, stinky


Similarbad


Domain usagecolloquialism


Antonymsgood

2. rotten damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless


SamplesRotten floor boards.
Rotted beams.
A decayed foundation.


Synonymsdecayed, rotted


Similarunsound


Antonymssound

3. rotten having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness


SamplesDead and rotten in his grave.


Similarstale


Antonymsfresh









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