Antonyms for rotten


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rot-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒt n


Definition of rotten

Origin :
  • c.1300, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rotinn "decayed," past participle of verb related to rotna "to decay," from Proto-Germanic stem *rut- (see rot (v.)). Sense of "corrupt" is from late 14c.; weakened sense of "bad" first recorded 1881. Rotten apple is from a saying traced back to at least 1528: "For one rotten apple lytell and lytell putrifieth an whole heape." The Rotten Row in London and elsewhere probably is from a different word, but of uncertain origin.
  • adj decayed, decaying
  • adj dishonest, immoral
  • adj despicable, inferior, bad
Example sentences :
  • Even the best of them were rotten to the core, and but mere adventurers.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • There ain't a rotten knot in it from butt to finish, and mighty few of any other kind.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • She was of about two hundred tons burthen, but must have-been old and rotten.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • But he took me to his own house for a glass of sherry and a biscuit, and there it wasn't so rotten.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Why, they even made me, Miro, Inspector of your rotten Service.
  • Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
  • The rotten branches or roots of trees sometimes turn into bears.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • If you do that, you admit that the thing is rotten, and can only be endured in short shifts!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "And I think the model factories are no better than the rotten ones," she went on.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • That would have been rotten luck if it had happened to a dog!
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Synonyms for rotten

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