rotten
IPA: rˈɑtʌn
adjective
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- In a state of decay.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Bad or terrible.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- (UK, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
adverb
- To an extreme degree.
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Examples of "rotten" in Sentences
- The system is rotten to the core.
- The rotten milk tasted acidulous.
- The room smells like rotten excrement.
- He took out the fang which was rotten.
- The bacteria populate near rotten food.
- The stench of rotten flesh fills the air.
- Is something rotten in the state of Denmark
- However, the section is rotten and overblown.
- The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop.
- Also, the link given to the synopsis of the documentary is rotten.