rotter
/ˈrɒtə
/noun informal, dated, chiefly British
A cruel, mean, or unkind person: Rosemary had decided that all men were rotters...
- Just as the FBI has its ‘most wanted’ list of criminals, American women have their own ‘most dastardly’ list of unfaithful rotters and cheats.
- The party-pooping rotters have now left local children in tears at the prospect of facing Christmas without their favourite novelty garden decoration.
- The dueling scene where we go from hating the rotter to feeling pity for him to hating him again when he finds a way to screw Casanova over was masterly.
Synonyms
scoundrel, rogue, villain, wretch, reprobate
informal beast, pig, swine, rat, creep, bastard, louse, snake, snake in the grass, skunk, dog, weasel, scumbag, heel, stinker, stinkpot, bad lot, nasty piece of work
British informal scrote
Irish informal spalpeen
North American informal rat fink, fink
Australian informal dingo
informal, dated hound, bounder, blighter
vulgar slang son of a bitch, s.o.b., shit
dated cad
archaic blackguard, dastard, vagabond, knave, varlet
