Meaning

6 senses
  1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.

    If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.

  2. In a state of decay.

    The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.

    His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.

    faul, faulig, verfault

    гнило́йgnilój, ту́хлыйtúxlyj

    гнили́йhnylýj

    damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

  3. Cruel, mean or immoral.

    That man is a rotten father.

    This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.

    scheußlich, scheusslich, gemein

    га́дкийgádkij

  4. Bad or terrible.

    Why is the weather always rotten in this city?

    It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.

    saumäßig, saumässig, schlecht

    very bad

  5. Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.

  6. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang)Very drunk, intoxicated.

Examples

185 sentences
  1. Half of the apples are rotten.

    Половина яблук гнилі.

    ruПоловина яблок испорчена.

    deDie Hälfte der Äpfel sind verfault.

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  2. Half of these apples are rotten.

    Половина цих яблук - гнилі.

    ruПоловина этих яблок гнилые.

    deDie Hälfte der Äpfel sind verdorben.

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  3. All of these apples are rotten.

    Всі ці яблука гнилі.

    ruВсе эти яблоки гнилые.

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  4. There were many rotten apples in the basket.

    В кошику було багато гнилих яблук.

    ruВ корзине было много гнилых яблок.

    deEs waren viele faule Äpfel im Korb.

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  5. Half the apples Tom gave me were rotten.

    Половина яблук, які мені дав Том, були гнилі.

    ruПоловина яблок, которые Том мне дал, были гнилыми.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
decayed, gone bad:
Русский
By meaning 2
decayed, gone bad:
cruel, mean or immoral:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
decayed, gone bad:
cruel, mean or immoral:
bad or terrible:

Origin

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of a

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle).

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Forms

rottener/more rotten, rottenest/most rotten
Comparativerottener / more rotten Lesson
Superlativerottenest / most rotten Lesson

regular

Synonyms

405 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • apples are rotten
  • rotten eggs
  • rotten apples

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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