What is another word for rotten?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɒtən], [ ɹˈɒtən], [ ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ə_n]
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Similar words for rotten:
- bad (adjective)
- brittle (adjective)
- cheap (adjective)
- damaged (adjective)
- detestable (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- diseased (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- disintegrated (adjective)
- dissatisfactory (adjective)
- fetid (adjective)
- foul-smelling (adjective)
- indigestible (adjective)
- inedible (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- moldy (adjective)
- musty (adjective)
- odorous (adjective)
- offensive (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- sickening (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- unhealthy (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- yucky (adjective)
- abominable (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- atrocious (adjective)
- corrupt (adjective)
- crumbly (adjective)
- crummy (adjective)
- decayed, decaying (adjective)
- degenerate (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- depraved (adjective)
- despicable, inferior, bad (adjective)
- disgusting (adjective)
- dishonest, immoral (adjective)
- dreadful (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- ignoble (adjective)
- ill (adjective)
- infamous (adjective)
- insalubrious (adjective)
- laid-up (adjective)
- lamentable (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- malodorous (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- off (adjective)
- perverse (adjective)
- rotting (adjective)
- schlocky (adjective)
- second-rate (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- sour (adjective)
- spoiled (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- uninviting (adjective)
- unpleasant (adjective)
- unsalutary (adjective)
- unsanitary (adjective)
- unsatisfactory (adjective)
- unwholesome (adjective)
- vicious (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- offensive (adverb)
- crappy (noun)
- icky (noun)
- moldered (noun)
- mouldered (noun)
- mouldering (noun)
- shitty (noun)
- corrupt
- decayed
- foul
- inedible
- malodorous
- musty
- rotting
- soiled
- spoiled
- unhealthful
- unpalatable
- unsanitary
- wormy
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Rotten:
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adj.
• bad • brittle • cheap- catchpenny ,
- cruddy ,
- glitzy ,
- no bargain ,
- no good ,
- rinkydink ,
- rubbishy ,
- small time ,
- junky ,
- rinky-dink ,
- scroungy ,
- second rate ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate ,
- tawdry ,
- two bit .
- Anatomized ,
- Degenerated ,
- Disintegrated ,
- broken ,
- crumbled ,
- decayed ,
- decomposed ,
- dilapidated ,
- dissected ,
- dissolved ,
- festering ,
- gangrenous ,
- molten ,
- mortified ,
- putrefied ,
- shattered ,
- turned .
- hardnosed ,
- liverish ,
- low-down and dirty ,
- low-down dirty ,
- ornery ,
- the lowest ,
- toucher ,
- lowdown and dirty .
- Perfumatory ,
- Savorous ,
- Scentful ,
- effluvious ,
- odoriferant ,
- odoriferous ,
- olfactive ,
- olfactory ,
- perfumy ,
- skunky ,
- sweet-smelling ,
- tumaceous ,
- whiffy ,
- honeyed ,
- miasmic ,
- scent-laden ,
- sweet-scented .
- fluffed ,
- in error ,
- not precise ,
- not working ,
- off balance ,
- off-target ,
- on the wrong track ,
- out of line ,
- sophistical ,
- unfitted ,
- unfitting ,
- ungrounded ,
- counter factual ,
- counter-factual ,
- dis proportionate ,
- dis-proportionate ,
- illadvised ,
- in accurate ,
- in apter ,
- in congruous ,
- in correct ,
- in decorous ,
- in-apter ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-decorous ,
- in-felicitous ,
- mis calculated ,
- mis construed ,
- mis figured ,
- mis handled ,
- mis placed ,
- mis taken ,
- mis-construed ,
- mis-figured ,
- mis-guided ,
- mis-handled ,
- more fluffed ,
- more miscalculated ,
- more misconstrued ,
- more misfigured ,
- more off target ,
- more off-target ,
- more offtarget ,
- more sophistical ,
- more unfitted ,
- more unfitting ,
- more ungrounded ,
- most fluffed ,
- most goofed ,
- most miscalculated ,
- most misconstrued ,
- most misfigured ,
- most off target ,
- most offtarget ,
- most unfitting ,
- most ungrounded ,
- offtarget ,
- on wrong track ,
- out commission ,
- out line ,
- out order ,
- un becoming ,
- un conventional ,
- un fitted ,
- un fitting ,
- un grounded ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-fit ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-fitting ,
- un-grounded ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- de graded ,
- de-graded ,
- dis honored ,
- dis solute ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-solute ,
- double-dealing ,
- doubledealing ,
- fast loose ,
- gone dogs ,
- gone the dogs ,
- gone to dogs ,
- in constant ,
- in-constant ,
- more abased ,
- more bribable ,
- more dishonored ,
- more evil ,
- more exploiting ,
- more profiteering ,
- more suborned ,
- most abased ,
- most bribable ,
- most dishonored ,
- most exploiting ,
- most profiteering ,
- most suborned ,
- on take ,
- on the take ,
- perfidious ,
- re probate ,
- re-probate ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un ethical ,
- un faithful ,
- un principled ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un-ethical ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-principled ,
- un-scrupulous ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- under handed ,
- under-handed .
- de generated ,
- de-generated ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis-integrated ,
- fragile ,
- more corroded ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disintegrated ,
- more eroded ,
- more fragile ,
- more oxidized ,
- more perishing ,
- more pulverizable ,
- more rotted ,
- more rusted ,
- most corroded ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disintegrated ,
- most eroded ,
- most oxidized ,
- most perishing ,
- most pulverizable ,
- most rotted ,
- most rusted ,
- rotted ,
- softer .
- grottier ,
- grottiest ,
- more sub par ,
- more sub-par ,
- more subpar ,
- more third rate ,
- more third-rate ,
- more thirdrate ,
- most inferior ,
- most sub par ,
- most sub-par ,
- most subpar ,
- most third rate ,
- most third-rate ,
- most thirdrate ,
- sub par ,
- third rate ,
- thirdrate .
- Crumbling ,
- Disintegrating ,
- Perished ,
- Pustular ,
- bad-smelling ,
- corroded ,
- decomposing ,
- fecal ,
- foul ,
- infected ,
- loud ,
- mephitic ,
- moldering ,
- noisome ,
- offensive ,
- polluted ,
- purulent ,
- putrid ,
- putrified ,
- smelling ,
- stale ,
- stinking ,
- strong ,
- touched ,
- unsound .
- de based ,
- de cadent ,
- de generate ,
- de-based ,
- de-cadent ,
- de-generate ,
- more demeaned ,
- more flatitious ,
- more overripe ,
- more vitiated ,
- more worsen ,
- most demeaned ,
- most flatitious ,
- most overripe ,
- most vitiated ,
- most worsen ,
- over ripe ,
- retro grade ,
- retro-grade .
- dirty minded ,
- dirtyminded ,
- lascivious ,
- more dirty minded ,
- more dirty-minded ,
- more dirtyminded ,
- more flagitous ,
- more vitiate ,
- more warped ,
- most dirty minded ,
- most dirty-minded ,
- most dirtyminded ,
- most flagitous ,
- most vitiate ,
- most warped ,
- shameless ,
- un natural ,
- un-natural ,
- warped .
- amiss ,
- below par ,
- bruised ,
- bum ,
- defective ,
- dirty ,
- disappointing ,
- displeasing ,
- impaired ,
- inadequate ,
- injured ,
- low-grade ,
- punk ,
- regrettable ,
- rough ,
- scurrilous ,
- shaky ,
- sorry ,
- substandard ,
- unacceptable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unhappy ,
- unlucky ,
- wasted ,
- withering .
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- more cloying ,
- more satiating ,
- more sleazeball ,
- more surfeiting ,
- most satiating ,
- most sleazeball ,
- most surfeiting ,
- nerdier ,
- nerdiest ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest .
- Dirtied ,
- bent ,
- contaminated ,
- debauched ,
- deceitful ,
- defiled ,
- dishonorable ,
- disloyal ,
- faithless ,
- filthy ,
- impure ,
- mercenary ,
- soiled ,
- sullied ,
- treacherous ,
- untrustworthy ,
- venal ,
- vitiated .
- egregious ,
- more contaminated ,
- more pigpen ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- most contaminated ,
- most pigpen ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- mucky .
- feeling terrible ,
- got bug ,
- ill ,
- more bummed ,
- most bummed ,
- off feet ,
- off one feet ,
- off ones feet ,
- out sorts ,
- running temperature ,
- sick as dog ,
- under weather .
- ill famed ,
- illfamed ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- more caitiff ,
- more ill famed ,
- more ill-famed ,
- more illfamed ,
- most caitiff ,
- most ill famed ,
- most ill-famed ,
- most illfamed .
- god awful ,
- more god awful ,
- more god-awful ,
- more hurting ,
- most god awful ,
- most god-awful ,
- most hurting ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate .
- dis likable ,
- dis-likable ,
- heelest ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more dislikable ,
- most dislikable ,
- off color ,
- offcolor ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest .
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- lowquality ,
- more disheartening ,
- more mortifying ,
- more turned ,
- more unrewarding ,
- most disheartening ,
- most mortifying ,
- most turned ,
- most unrewarding ,
- not snuff ,
- not to snuff ,
- not up snuff ,
- not up to snuff ,
- sub standard ,
- sub-standard ,
- un rewarding ,
- un-rewarding .
- dis obedient ,
- dis-obedient ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more self willed ,
- more self-willed ,
- most self willed ,
- most self-willed ,
- most selfwilled ,
- self willed ,
- un manageable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un yielding ,
- un-manageable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-yielding .
- de composing ,
- de-composing ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrating ,
- more decomposing ,
- more disintegrating ,
- most decomposing ,
- most disintegrating .
- brokendown ,
- dis creditable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- more unrespectable ,
- most unrespectable ,
- un respectable ,
- un-respectable .
- more second best ,
- more second-best ,
- more secondbest ,
- most second-best ,
- most secondbest ,
- secondbest ,
- secondclass .
- in glorious ,
- in-glorious ,
- more despisable ,
- most despisable ,
- scummiest ,
- scummy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest .
- dis ordered ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in bad way ,
- in curable ,
- in valid ,
- in-curable ,
- in-valid ,
- more declining ,
- more hospitalized ,
- more qualmish ,
- more suffering ,
- most declining ,
- most hospitalized ,
- most qualmish ,
- most suffering ,
- sickest ,
- under medication .
- dis contented ,
- dis-contented ,
- ill natured ,
- illnatured ,
- more grudging ,
- most grudging ,
- un generous ,
- un-generous .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- more petrifying ,
- more unnerving ,
- most dreaded ,
- most petrifying ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- hard-time ,
- hardtime ,
- more hard time ,
- more hard-time ,
- more hardtime ,
- more uncool ,
- more unlikable ,
- most hard time ,
- most hard-time ,
- most hardtime ,
- most uncool ,
- most unlikable ,
- un attractive ,
- un cool ,
- un likable ,
- un lovelier ,
- un loveliest ,
- un lovely ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-attractive ,
- un-cool ,
- un-likable ,
- un-lovelier ,
- un-loveliest ,
- un-lovely ,
- un-pleasant .
- dis concerting ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- for birds ,
- more disconcerting ,
- more vexing ,
- most disconcerting ,
- most vexing ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un-satisfactory .
- more septic ,
- more unnutritious ,
- most septic ,
- most unnutritious ,
- un nutritious ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-nutritious ,
- un-wholesome .
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- bleak ,
- hard ,
- unappealing ,
- unattractive .
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- brother ,
- darn ,
- for crying out loud ,
- for heaven's sake/sakes ,
- for pity's sake ,
- give me a break ,
- give me strength ,
- what's that supposed to mean? ,
- what's the big idea? .
- icky .
Other synonyms:
- Despisable ,
- cheesy ,
- crummy ,
- flagitious ,
- fusty ,
- gamy ,
- odorous ,
- rancid ,
- schlocky ,
- wicked ,
- worm-eaten ,
- wormy .
- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- contemptible ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- dishonest ,
- frowzy ,
- loathsome ,
- miscreant ,
- nefarious ,
- obnoxious ,
- odious ,
- rank ,
- repugnant ,
- shoddy ,
- trashy ,
- verminous ,
- vile ,
- villainous ,
- weak .
- antipathetic ,
- bloody ,
- buggy ,
- disgusting ,
- flaky ,
- infamous ,
- paltry ,
- perverse ,
- shabby ,
- sleazy ,
- wretched .
- degenerate ,
- miserable ,
- unhealthy .
- cheap .
- low .
- poor .
- nasty .
Other relevant words:
- Bummed ,
- Double dealing ,
- Heeler ,
- Piller ,
- Pulverizable ,
- Qualmish ,
- Unnutritious ,
- a wreck ,
- anguished ,
- atrocious ,
- bad ,
- big mouth ,
- bribable ,
- broken down ,
- deplorable ,
- dirty-minded ,
- disagreeable ,
- dislikable ,
- dissatisfactory ,
- down with ,
- dreadful ,
- feeling awful ,
- feeling rotten ,
- fetid ,
- flagitous ,
- flatitious ,
- for the birds ,
- god-awful ,
- godawful ,
- gone to the dogs ,
- got the bug ,
- grody ,
- grotty ,
- hard time ,
- head-strong ,
- hospitalized ,
- ignoble ,
- ill-famed ,
- in a bad way ,
- in poor health ,
- insalubrious ,
- laid low ,
- laid-up ,
- lamentable ,
- lousy ,
- low quality ,
- nerdy ,
- not good enough ,
- not so hot ,
- off ,
- off one's feet ,
- on sick list ,
- over-ripe ,
- poorly ,
- praetorian ,
- profiteering ,
- racket up ,
- revolting ,
- scummier ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- second class ,
- second-best ,
- self-willed ,
- shuddersome ,
- sick ,
- sick as a dog ,
- sickening ,
- sleazeball ,
- sour ,
- stenchful ,
- sub-par ,
- tainted ,
- terrible ,
- third-rate ,
- uncool ,
- unhygienic ,
- uninviting ,
- unlikable ,
- unrespectable ,
- unrewarding ,
- unsalutary ,
- unsanitary ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- vicious ,
- wasting away ,
- wide open ,
- woeful ,
- wrong ,
- yecchy .
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How to use "Rotten" in context?
"rotten" is a word that encompasses a wide range of meanings. Generally speaking, it can refer to something that is ruined, busted, or simply bad. In terms of food, "rotten" can describe anything from a piece of fruit that has gone bad to a piece of meat that is starting to rot.
When it comes to English language, "rotten" is remarkably versatile.
Paraphrases for Rotten:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
-
Adjective
bad.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
appalling, boring, broken, cheesy, corrupted, crooked, crummy, decayed, deplorable, disgraceful, disgusting, dreadful, horrible, lamentable, nasty, spoiled, tainted, wicked, worthless, wretched, zero, shitty, crappy, shit.
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Interjection
SUCKS.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
rot.
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Interjection
scoundrels.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Rotten:
- radon, ratan, ready money, roadman, raetam, redden, ruritanian, red wine, rhythm, retinene, rattan, retain, retama, RETINA, red man, radian, rotenone, rhodymenia, rotation, rewrite man, routine, rhodium, radome, redeem, ruritania, radiation, retem, retinue, red onion, ration, ruthenium, rodin, radium.
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