rotten

rotten
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English rotian to rot Date: 13th century 1. having rotted ; putrid 2. morally corrupt 3. extremely unpleasant or inferior <
a rotten day
>
<
a rotten job
>
4. very uncomfortable <
feeling rotten
>
5. of very poor quality ; lousy, abominable <
a rotten show
>
<
what rotten luck
>
rottenly adverbrottenness noun II. adverb Date: 1880 to an extreme degree <
spoiled rotten
>

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  • Rotten — Rot ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. [1913 Webster] You common cry of curs! whose breath I… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rotten — hat verschiedene Bedeutungen: deutscher Name für den Fluss Rhône alternative Bezeichnung für die Röste in der Naturfaserverarbeitung rotten.com, Webseite mit abschreckendem Inhalt Personen: Hausname von Dr. Elisabeth Rotten, (1882–1964) einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rotten — (Ulrichen,Швейцария) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: Ritti 8, 3988 Ulrichen, Швейцария …   Каталог отелей

  • rotten — early 13c., from O.N. rotinn decayed, pp. of verb related to rotna to decay, from P.Gmc. stem *rut (see ROT (Cf. rot)). Sense of corrupt is from late 14c.; weakened sense of bad first recorded 1881. Rotten apple is from a saying traced back to at …   Etymology dictionary

  • rotten — [adj1] decayed, decaying bad, badsmelling, corroded, corrupt, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disgusting, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering …   New thesaurus

  • rotten — ► ADJECTIVE 1) suffering from decay. 2) corrupt. 3) informal very bad or unpleasant. ► ADVERB informal ▪ very much: your mother spoiled you rotten. DERIVATIVES rottenness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Rotten — Rotten, so v.w. Rothflosser …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Rotten [1] — Rotten, s. Rotkarpfen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rotten [2] — Rotten des Flachses, s. Flachs, S. 648 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rotten — Rotten, Fisch, s. Rotfeder …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rotten [2] — Rotten oder Rösten, in der Flachsspinnerei das Entfernen der im Bast der Flachsstengel enthaltenen kleberartigen Substanz behufs Trennung der Flachsfasern, geschieht durch Einlegen in Wasser (Wasserröste), durch Einwirkung der atmosphärischen… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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