rottenness
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rot·ten
(rŏt′n)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.
[Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn.]
rot′ten·ly adv.
rot′ten·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | rottenness - in a state of progressive putrefaction putrefaction, rot - a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor |
2. | rottenness - the quality of rotting and becoming putrid |
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rottenness
nounThe condition of being decayed:
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Translations
عَفَن، تَعَفُّن
shnilost
råddenskab
rothadtság
rotnun
prehnitosťzhnitosť
çürüklük
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rottenness
n (of vegetation, egg, fruit, tooth) → Faulheit f; (of wood) → Morschheit f, → Faulheit f; (fig: = corruptness) → Korruptheit f, → Verdorbenheit f
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rot
(rot) – past tense, past participle ˈrotted – verb to make or become bad or decayed. The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.
noun1. decay. The floorboards are affected by rot.
2. nonsense. Don't talk rot!
ˈrotten adjective1. (of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed. rotten vegetables.
2. bad; mean. What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.
ˈrottenness nounˈrotter noun
a mean, bad person. an absolute rotter.
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