rottenadjective
uk/ˈrɒt.ən/us/ˈrɑː.tən/B2 decayed:
The room smelled of rotten vegetables.
very bad:
rotten weather
old-fashioned It was rotten of you to leave without saying goodbye.
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- The lizards live in cool, dark places such as rotten logs.
- The bins were full of rotten food.
- The birds feed on insects and rotten meat.
- The crowd threw stones and rotten eggs at the politician.
- The gas has a smell like rotten eggs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not pleasant to eat or drink
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- bad
- bitter
- bitterness
- bland
- chewy
- go off
- like dishwater idiom
- mouldy
- overripe
- pappy
- pigswill
- sour
- stick
- swim
- tasteless
- tough
- undercook
- underdone
- unpalatable
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Decaying and staying fresh
Serious and unpleasant
Idiom(s)
be rotten to the core