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US
/ˈɹɑtən/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɒtən/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɒtən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
dead and rotten in his grave -
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
rotten floor boards
a decayed foundation
rotted beams -
very bad
it's a stinking world
a lousy play
How To Use rotten In A Sentence
- The normal human desire to rid one's self of a tormenting secret, to "exteriorize one's rottenness," finds satisfaction on an exalted plane in confession to God, or to his appointed ministers. Human Traits and their Social Significance
- Elsewhere during the Hangover technology beanfeast, we understand that HP's own demo of Bluetooth was similarly rotten.
- He had the most disgusting rotten teeth and horn rim glasses with milk bottle lenses.
- As the passage continues there is a section of rotten flooring supported on dubious stemples just above head height.
- I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyneus, and rotten to the heart with holophotal subterranean extemporaneousness. Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells.
- It was before we learnt once and for all that the financial edifice erected over the past two decades was rotten at the core. Times, Sunday Times
- The fallen tree had been moldy and rotten, the smell strong and unpleasant enough to deter most burrowing animals that would normally have occupied the space.
- Yet, it is its foul odor, often described as the reek of rotten eggs or hydrogen sulfide, that puts the "skunk" into the creature's name. Valdosta Daily Times Homepage
- The source of the trouble lies to the north, where it spews its venom throughout the Great Kingdom, breeding dissension as rotten meat breeds maggots.
- [ Jefferies'Voice ] because you want to shove your rotten cock up her juicy ass.