rotten

rot·ten  (rtn)

adj. rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est

1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed.

2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.

3. Made weak or unsound by rot: rotten floorboards.

4. Morally corrupt or despicable: She's rotten to the core.

5. Very bad; wretched: rotten weather.

adv.

To a very great degree: The child is spoiled rotten.

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[Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn.]

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rotten·ly adv.

rotten·ness n.

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rotten

Adjective

1. decomposing or decaying: rotten vegetables

2. breaking up through age or hard use: the window frames are rotten

3. Informal very bad: what rotten luck!

4. morally corrupt: this country's politics are rotten and out of date

5. Informal miserably unwell: I had glandular fever and spent that year feeling rotten

6. Informal distressed and embarrassed: I'm feeling rotten as a matter of fact, rotten and guilty

Adverb

Informal extremely; very much: men fancy her rotten [Old Norse rotinn]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rotten - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" crappy, icky, lousy, shitty, stinking, stinky colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	2.	rotten - damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" decayed, rotted unsound - not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation"
	3.	rotten - having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave" stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

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rotten

adjective 1. decaying, bad, rank, foul, corrupt, sour, stinking, tainted, perished, festering, decomposed, decomposing, mouldy, mouldering, fetid, putrid, putrescent, festy Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE fresh

adjective 2. crumbling, decayed, disintegrating, perished, corroded, unsound

adjective 3. (Informal) bad, disappointing, unfortunate, unlucky, regrettable, deplorable

adjective 4. (Informal) despicable, mean, base, dirty, nasty, unpleasant, filthy, vile, wicked, disagreeable, contemptible, scurrilous

adjective 5. (Informal) unwell, poorly (informal) ill, sick, rough (informal) bad, crook Austral., N.Z. (informal) below par, off colour, under the weather (informal) ropey or ropy Brit. (informal)

adjective 6. (Informal) inferior, poor, sorry, inadequate, unacceptable, punk, duff Brit. (informal) unsatisfactory, lousy (slang) low-grade, substandard, ill-considered, crummy (slang) ill-thought-out, poxy (slang) of a sort or of sorts, ropey or ropy Brit. (informal) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang)

adjective 7. corrupt, immoral, deceitful, untrustworthy, bent (slang) crooked (informal) vicious, degenerate, mercenary, treacherous, dishonest, disloyal, faithless, venal, dishonourable, perfidious << OPPOSITE honourable

Translations

rotten [ˈrɔtn] adj (= decayed) → podrido: [wood] → carcomido;

(fig) → corrompido;

(col) (= bad); pésimo;

to feel rotten (= ill) → sentirse fatal;

rotten to the core → completamente podrido

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rotten [ˈrɔtn] adj (= decayed) → pourri(e) (= dishonest); corrompu(e);

(inf) (= bad); mauvais(e) → moche;

to feel rotten (ill) → être mal fichu(e)

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rotten [ˈrɔtn] adj (decayed) → faul, verfault;

(inf) (person, situation) → gemein;

(000) (film, weather, driver etc) → mies;

to feel rotten → sich elend fühlen

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rotten [ˈrɔtn] adj (= decayed) → putrido/a, marcio/a: [teeth] → cariato/a (= dishonest); corrotto/a;

(col) (= bad); brutto/a: [action] → vigliacco/a;

to feel rotten (= ill) → sentirsi proprio male

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rotten, rotter rot