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Definition of Rotten
1. Adjective. Very bad. "It's a stinking world"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Bad
Derivative terms: Crap, Lousiness, Shit
2. Adjective. Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless. "A decayed foundation"
3. Adjective. Having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness. "Dead and rotten in his grave"
Definition of Rotten
1. a. Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Definition of Rotten
1. Adjective. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. ¹
2. Adjective. In a state of decay. ¹
3. Adjective. Cruel, mean or immoral. ¹
4. Adjective. Bad or terrible. ¹
5. Adverb. To an extreme degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotten
1. being in a state of decay [adj -TENER, -TENEST] : ROTTENLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Rotten
1.
Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence:
Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. "You common cry or curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the rotten fens." (Shak)
Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone. "The deepness of the rotten way." Rotten borough. See Borough.