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- Rotted
verb (used without object), rotted, rotting. 1. to undergo decomposition; decay. 2. to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often followed by away, from, off, etc.). 3. to languish, as in confinement. 4. to become morally corrupt or offensive. verb (used with object), rotted, rotting. 5. to cause to rot: Dampness rots […]
- Rotten
adjective, rottener, rottenest. 1. decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling. 2. corrupt or morally offensive. 3. wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of work; a rotten day at the office. 4. contemptible; despicable: a rotten little liar; a rotten trick. 5. (of soil, rocks, etc.) soft, yielding, or friable as […]
- Rotten apple
rotten apple rotten apple A bad individual among many good ones, especially one that spoils the group. For example, The roommates are having problems with Edith—she’s the one rotten apple of the bunch. This expression is a shortening of the proverb a rotten apple spoils the barrel, coming from a 14th-century Latin proverb translated as […]
- Rotten-borough
noun 1. (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament. 2. an election district that has more representatives in a legislative body than the number of its constituents would normally call for. rotten borough noun 1. (before the Reform Act of 1832) any of […]
- Rotten egg
rotten egg see under bad egg