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Synonyms for rotten
ˈrɒt nrot·ten
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Princeton's WordNet
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective
very bad
"a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
Synonyms:
noisome, icky, lousy, malodorous, filthy, smelly, crappy, fetid, ill-smelling, malodourous, ill-scented, foetid, foul, unpleasant-smelling, stinky, decayed, dirty, rotted, gooey, stinking, shitty, foul-smelling, funkydecayed, rotten, rottedadjective
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
"rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
Synonyms:
stinking, shitty, icky, rotted, decayed, crappy, lousy, stinkyrottenadjective
having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
"dead and rotten in his grave"
Synonyms:
stinking, shitty, icky, stinky, decayed, rotted, crappy, lousy
Editors Contribution
spoiledadjective
suffering from decay
Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
rottennoun
Synonyms:
putrid, corrupt, carious, putrefied, decayed, fetid, putrescent, foulrottennoun
rottennoun
Synonyms:
treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
rottenadjective
Synonyms:
decayed, putrid, putrescent, carious, corrupt, decomposed, putrefied, malodorous, fetid
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4328 | dirty | |
#9379 | funky | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10218 | rotten | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#13785 | lame | |
#19040 | crooked | |
#19359 | filthy | |
#20709 | crappy | |
#24941 | lousy | |
#30005 | smelly | |
#30948 | decadent | |
#31592 | shitty | |
#34771 | stinky | |
#45047 | stinking | |
#49780 | gooey | |
#52239 | scoundrels | |
#52885 | decayed | |
#55025 | icky | |
#72813 | rotted | |
#73054 | crummy | |
#116654 | fetid | |
#195362 | malodorous | |
#227568 | noisome |
How to use rotten in a sentence?
They always say, Mr. Speaker, the devil is in the detail. And, having seen the detail, it confirms everything we thought about this rotten deal.
Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty ... makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
The produce is turning rotten. We don't have food, there is no gasoline. My colleagues and I want to know how long we will have to stay here. We are not to blame. We didn't do anything wrong to be punished in this way.
I’d actually say—how is he going to explain to his grandchildren all of the lies, the deceit, all of the problems he has caused for this country? i think of the things I’ve done for the country, the firing of James Comey is going to go down as a very good thing…The FBI is a fantastic institution, but some of the people at the top were rotten apples. James Comey was one of them.
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.
Translations for rotten
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- فاسدArabic
- podritCatalan, Valencian
- shnilýCzech
- råddenDanish
- scheußlich, verfault, faulGerman
- σάπιος, σαθρός, φαύλοςGreek
- putra, aĉaEsperanto
- malo, putrefactoSpanish
- پوسیدهPersian
- mädännäinen, mätä, mädäntynytFinnish
- rotinFaroese
- pourri, mauvaisFrench
- lofaIrish
- lobhte, grod, breunScottish Gaelic
- rohadtHungarian
- փտածArmenian
- busukIndonesian
- marcio, marcito, malvagioItalian
- 腐った, 腐朽Japanese
- 썩다Korean
- sapuvisLatvian
- piro, manumanuāMāori
- ပုပ်Burmese
- gemeen, rot, verrotDutch
- råttenNorwegian
- dláádNavajo, Navaho
- poiritOccitan
- podre, malvado, cruelPortuguese
- putredRomanian
- гнилой, гадкийRussian
- fracicu, prudicuSardinian
- trȕo, gnjȉoSerbo-Croatian
- hnilý, zhnitýSlovak
- gnilSlovene
- prishur, kalburAlbanian
- ruttenSwedish
- చెడిపోయినTelugu
- bozuk, çürükTurkish
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