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- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
rottener, rottenest |
| definition 1: |
When a fruit, vegetable, or piece of wood is rotten, it is bad or starting to become weak and broken down. If you stand on a rotten piece of wood, it will probably break into pieces. If you eat a rotten apple, you might get sick.
We had to throw out the peaches because they were rotten.The rotten food in the garbage smelled very bad.- synonyms:
- bad, decayed, spoiled
- antonyms:
- fresh
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| definition 2: |
When a singer is rotten, they sing very badly. When someone says rotten things to you, it means that they say very unkind things.
Eli doesn't like to play chess because he thinks he's rotten at it.It was rotten of those people to leave their trash at the park.- synonyms:
- foul, terrible
- antonyms:
- delightful, good
- similar words:
- disgusting, unpleasant
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| related words: |
miserable, ugly |
| derivations: |
rottenly (adv.), rottenness (n.) |
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