1
[ adjective ] (informal) very bad

Synonyms

lousy stinking shitty crappy stinky icky

Examples

"a lousy play" "it's a stinking world"

Used in print

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

`` That was a rotten thing to do '' .

Related terms

colloquialism bad

2
[ adjective ] damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

Synonyms

rotted decayed

Examples

"rotten floor boards" "rotted beams" "a decayed foundation"

Related terms

unsound

3
[ adjective ] having rotted or disintegrated; usually implies foulness

Examples

"dead and rotten in his grave"

Related terms

unrotten decayed decomposing moldered putrefied putrescent decomposed corrupt

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Rhymes with

forgotten cotton brighten triton brighton frighten craton tighten titan written tartan marten martin carton compton hearten forgotten spartan guncotton scranton misbegotten morton wharton often laughton lawton batten boughten baton patten button cotton austin paton stockton britten briton breton britain houghton keratin shorten boston johnston threaten sheraton puritan tonne ton mutton satin actin latin lighten whiten fatten straighten wanton ashton hutton heighten stanton charlatan neapolitan cosmopolitan captain metropolitan danton boston dalton platen unwritten thornton brinton trenton walton sultan mountain canton galton flatten fountain wanton eaten crichton kindergarten hampton whiten huston typewritten handwritten samaritan dayton burton beaten bitten wotan caxton capstan prolactin charleston plantain paxton middleton charleston huntington biotin frostbitten tungsten newton curtain lytton certain mitten merton unbutton skeleton sittin' kitten keaton seton satan hamilton wheaten enlighten exoskeleton appleton manhattan washington plankton phytoplankton minnesotan lewiston princeton binghamton gelatin sweeten smitten gluten dentin verboten benton piston pectin badminton singleton arlington galveston washington edmonton farmington intestine predestine wheaten capoten nekton molten milton stun wilton liston weston fulton chieftain clinton uncertain unbeaten sexton tibetan eddington kingston houston bulletin burlington chesterton bennington bloomington wellington ellington lexington livingston wilmington

Phonetic and Homophones

R AA1 T AH0 N

Similar Spelling

Roten Roden Rowton Rowden Routon Rodden routine Rotunno Rutten rodin

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