See Also: rotten 1, adjective(dictionary)
Rotten(medicine)
rotten(dictionary)
rotten 2, adverb(dictionary)
near 2, adjective(dictionary)
ill 1, adjective(dictionary)
bad 1, adjective(dictionary)
then 2, adjective(dictionary)
third 1, adjective(dictionary)
net 2, adjective(dictionary)

rotten 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: rotinn]
badly decayed and no longer good to use
::the smell of rotten eggs
::Some of the wood was completely rotten.
::The apples went rotten very quickly.
informal very bad
-synonym terrible terrible
::What rotten luck !
::a rotten idea
::The service was rotten.
::He's a rotten driver.
informal if someone is rotten, they are unpleasant, unkind, or dishonest
::Why are you being so rotten?
::a rotten little brat
feel rotten
a) to feel ill
b) to feel unhappy and guilty about something
::I felt rotten about lying to him.
[only before noun] spoken used when you are angry
::I don't want your rotten money!
rotten to the core
extremely dishonest
::The whole government is rotten to the core.
a rotten apple
one bad person who has a bad effect on all the others in a group
-- rottenness n [U]