rotten

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

very bad
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- "rotten floor boards"
having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- "dead and rotten in his grave"

Adj

Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
In a state of decay.
Cruel, mean or immoral.
Bad or terrible.
Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
Very drunk, intoxicated.

Adv

To an extreme degree.

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

bad, carious, crappy, decayed, gone bad, gone off, icky, lousy, maggoted, rotted, rotten, shitty, spoiled, stinking, stinky

Antonyms

edible, fresh, unspoiled

Scrabble Score: 6

rotten is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
rotten is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rotten is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

rotten is a valid Words With Friends word