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 the result of decomposition.
6.
Australian Slang. drunk.
adjective
1.
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.
(of rocks, soils, etc) soft and crumbling, esp as a result of weathering
10.
(slang, mainly Austral & NZ) intoxicated; drunk
adverb (informal)
11.
extremely; very much: men fancy her rotten
rotten
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