rotten
adjective
1. bad or terrible.
- that violent man is a rotten father
Similar word(s): bad, crappy, icky, lousy, stinking, stinky
2. damaged by decay; hence not healthy and useless
- rotten floor boards
Similar word(s): unsound, decayed, rotted
3. having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- dead and rotten in his grave
Similar word(s): stale
Sentences with rotten as an adjective:
- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
- She has the flu and feels rotten.
adverb
1. To an extreme degree.
- That kid is spoilt rotten.
- The girls fancy him something rotten.