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rot·ten
(rŏt′n)adj. rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est
1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed.
2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.
3. Made weak or unsound by rot: rotten floorboards.
4. Morally corrupt or despicable: She's rotten to the core.
5. Very bad; wretched: rotten weather.
adv.
To a very great degree: The child is spoiled rotten.
[Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn.]
rot′ten·ly adv.
rot′ten·ness n.
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rotten
(ˈrɒtən)adj
1. (Biochemistry) affected with rot; decomposing, decaying, or putrid
2. breaking up, esp through age or hard use; disintegrating: rotten ironwork.
3. morally despicable or corrupt
4. untrustworthy, disloyal, or treacherous
5. informal unpleasant, unfortunate, or nasty: rotten luck; rotten weather.
6. informal unsatisfactory or poor: rotten workmanship.
7. informal miserably unwell
8. informal distressed, uncomfortable, and embarrassed: I felt rotten when I told him to go.
9. (Geological Science) (of rocks, soils, etc) soft and crumbling, esp as a result of weathering
10. slang chiefly Austral and NZ intoxicated; drunk
adv
extremely; very much: men fancy her rotten.
[C13: from Old Norse rottin; related to Old English rotian to rot1]
ˈrottenly adv
ˈrottenness n
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rot•ten
(ˈrɒt n)adj. -er, -est.
1. having rotted; decomposing or decaying.
2. tainted or foul-smelling; putrid.
3. corrupt or morally offensive.
4. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten day.
5. contemptible; despicable: a rotten trick.
[1175–1225; Middle English roten < Old Norse rotinn, akin to rot]
rot′ten•ly, adv.
rot′ten•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | rotten - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| 2. | rotten - damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" unsound - not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation" | |
| 3. | rotten - having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave" stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" |
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rotten
adjective
1. decaying, bad, rank, foul, corrupt, sour, stinking, tainted, perished, festering, decomposed, decomposing, mouldy, mouldering, fetid, putrid, putrescent The smell is like rotten eggs.
decaying good, fresh, sweet, pure, wholesome
decaying good, fresh, sweet, pure, wholesome
3. (Informal) bad, disappointing, unfortunate, unlucky, regrettable, deplorable What rotten luck!
4. (Informal) despicable, mean, base, dirty, nasty, unpleasant, filthy, vile, wicked, disagreeable, contemptible, scurrilous, shitty (taboo slang) You rotten swine!
5. (Informal) unwell, poorly (informal), ill, sick, rough (informal), bad, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), below par, off colour, under the weather (informal), ropey or ropy (Brit. informal) I felt rotten with the flu.
6. (Informal) inferior, poor, sorry, inadequate, unacceptable, punk, duff (Brit. informal), unsatisfactory, lousy (slang), low-grade, substandard, ill-considered, crummy (slang), ill-thought-out, poxy (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), of a sort or of sorts, ropey or ropy (Brit. informal) I thought it was a rotten idea.
7. corrupt, immoral, deceitful, untrustworthy, sink, bent (slang), crooked (informal), vicious, degenerate, mercenary, treacherous, dishonest, disloyal, faithless, venal, dishonourable, perfidious There was something rotten in our legal system.
corrupt moral, decent, honourable, honest, trustworthy, scrupulous
corrupt moral, decent, honourable, honest, trustworthy, scrupulous
8. guilty, sorry, ashamed, chastened, contrite, guilt-ridden, remorseful, regretful, conscience-stricken I feel rotten for having spilt the beans like that.
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rotten
adjective3. Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior:
4. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, shabby, vile, wretched.
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Translations
رَديءعَفِنمُتَعَفِّن
shnilýzkaženýmizerný
råddenled
putra
mätämädännäinenmädäntynyt
truognjio
rohadt
busuk
andstyggilegur; fjandansrotinn, úldinn
腐った
썩은
gnilhudobenslab
rutten
เน่าเปื่อย
bị thối rữa
rotten
[ˈrɒtn]A. ADJ
1. (gen) → podrido; [food] → pasado; [tooth] → cariado, podrido; [wood] → carcomido, podrido
to smell rotten → oler a podrido
see also apple
to smell rotten → oler a podrido
see also apple
2. (fig) [system, government] → corrompido (= of bad quality) → pésimo, fatal
it's a rotten novel → es una novela pésima or malísima
his English is rotten → tiene un inglés fatal
how rotten for you! → ¡cuánto te compadezco!, ¡lo que habrás sufrido!
he's rotten at chess → para el ajedrez es un desastre
I feel rotten (= ill) → me encuentro fatal; (= mean) → me siento culpable
they made me suffer something rotten → me hicieron pasarlas negras
what a rotten thing to do! → ¡qué maldad!
what a rotten thing to happen! → ¡qué mala suerte!
to be rotten to sb → portarse como un canalla con algn
what rotten weather! → ¡qué tiempo de perros!
he's rotten with money → está podrido de dinero
it's a rotten novel → es una novela pésima or malísima
his English is rotten → tiene un inglés fatal
how rotten for you! → ¡cuánto te compadezco!, ¡lo que habrás sufrido!
he's rotten at chess → para el ajedrez es un desastre
I feel rotten (= ill) → me encuentro fatal; (= mean) → me siento culpable
they made me suffer something rotten → me hicieron pasarlas negras
what a rotten thing to do! → ¡qué maldad!
what a rotten thing to happen! → ¡qué mala suerte!
to be rotten to sb → portarse como un canalla con algn
what rotten weather! → ¡qué tiempo de perros!
he's rotten with money → está podrido de dinero
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rotten
[ˈrɒtən] adj (= decayed) [fruit, vegetable, wood, floorboards] → pourri(e)
a rotten apple (lit) → une pomme pourrie
a rotten apple (lit) → une pomme pourrie
(= bad) [idea, plan, day] → merdique ; [film, singer] → nul(le)
what rotten luck! → quelle déveine!, quelle guigne!
what rotten weather! → quel temps pourri!
what rotten luck! → quelle déveine!, quelle guigne!
what rotten weather! → quel temps pourri!
(= unkind) → dégueulasse
That's a rotten thing to do → C'est dégueulasse de faire une chose pareille.
to feel rotten (= guilty) → se sentir honteux/euse
That's a rotten thing to do → C'est dégueulasse de faire une chose pareille.
to feel rotten (= guilty) → se sentir honteux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rotten
adj
vegetation, egg, tooth → faul; wood → morsch, faul; fruit → faul, verdorben; (fig: = corrupt) → korrupt, verdorben; rotten to the core (fig) → durch und durch verdorben; rotten apple (fig) → schwarzes Schaf; there’s always one rotten egg (in the basket) (fig) → es gibt immer ein schwarzes Schaf
(inf: = poor, incompetent) → mies (inf); she was a rotten driver → sie war eine miserable Fahrerin; to be rotten at something → in etw (dat) → schlecht sein; I was always rotten at drawing → ich konnte noch nie gut zeichnen
(inf: = dreadful, unpleasant) → scheußlich (inf); weather → mies (inf), → scheußlich (inf); what rotten luck! → so ein Pech!; it’s a rotten business → das ist eine üble Sache; to have a rotten time → eine schlimme Zeit durchmachen; what a rotten time you’re having → was du zurzeit aber auch alles durchmachen musst! (inf); isn’t it rotten about poor David? → ist das nicht furchtbar mit dem armen David?
(inf: = mean) → gemein, eklig; that was a rotten trick/a rotten thing to do → das war ein übler Trick/eine Gemeinheit; that’s a rotten thing to say → es ist gemein, so etwas zu sagen
(inf: = unwell) → elend, mies (inf); to feel rotten → sich elend fühlen; to look rotten → schlecht aussehen
(inf: = guilty) to feel rotten about doing something → sich (dat) → mies vorkommen, etw zu tun (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rotten
[ˈrɒtn] adja. (fruit, eggs) → marcio/a; (meat) → andato/a a male; (tooth) → cariato/a; (wood) → marcio/a, marcito/a (fig) (morally) → corrotto/a, marcio/a
rotten to the core → completamente marcio/a
rotten to the core → completamente marcio/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rot
(rot) – past tense, past participle ˈrotted – verb to make or become bad or decayed. The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.
noun1. decay. The floorboards are affected by rot.
2. nonsense. Don't talk rot!
ˈrotten adjective1. (of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed. rotten vegetables.
2. bad; mean. What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.
ˈrottenness nounˈrotter noun
a mean, bad person. an absolute rotter.
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rotten
→ عَفِن shnilý rådden verfault σάπιος podrido mätä pourri truo marcio 腐った 썩은 rot råtten zgniły podre гнилой rutten เน่าเปื่อย çürümüş bị thối rữa 腐烂的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
rotten
a. podrido-a, putrefacto-a, corrompido-a; [tooth] cariado-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
rotten
adj podridoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.