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Another word for rotten

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Adjective

  1. Smelling of mildew or decay

    See also:

    smells

  2. Impaired because of decay

    See also:

    thrive

    taste

    better

  3. Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior

    See also:

    good

    clean

  4. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation

    See also:

    good

  5. Of decidedly inferior quality

    See also:

    good

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for rotten

Modifier

  1. Having rotted

    Antonyms:

  2. Not sound

    See also:

    weak

    crumbly

    Antonyms:

  3. Corrupt

    See also:

    wicked

    dishonest

    Antonyms:

  4. *Very bad

    See also:

    unsatisfactory

    poor

    offensive

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Sentence Examples

  • You've spoiled me rotten, you know.

  • And the leaders of the Constituent who came first on the stage, and hoped to make a revolution with rose-water, and hardly realized any more than Burke did how rotten was the structure which they had undertaken to build up, almost deserved his contempt, even if, as is certainly true, they did not deserve his indignation.

  • Most were rotten to the core, jaded or desperate, because that's the way he liked them.

  • At the assault of Swiatoslav of Kiev the rotten fabric crumbled into dust.

  • You're parents have spoiled you rotten with fine clothes and a cushion job.

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