Synonyms for rotten
ˈrɒt nrot·ten

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1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective

   very bad

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

   Synonyms:
   noisome, icky, lousy, malodorous, filthy, smelly, crappy, fetid, ill-smelling, malodourous, ill-scented, foetid, foul, unpleasant-smelling, stinky, decayed, dirty, rotted, gooey, stinking, shitty, foul-smelling, funky

   Antonyms:
   fresh, sound, good

2. decayed, rotten, rottedadjective

   damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

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

   Synonyms:
   stinking, shitty, icky, rotted, decayed, crappy, lousy, stinky

   Antonyms:
   sound, fresh, good

3. rottenadjective

   having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness

   "dead and rotten in his grave"

   Synonyms:
   stinking, shitty, icky, stinky, decayed, rotted, crappy, lousy

   Antonyms:
   good, fresh, sound

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1. spoiledadjective

   suffering from decay

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. rottennoun

   Synonyms:
   putrid, corrupt, carious, putrefied, decayed, fetid, putrescent, foul

2. rottennoun

   Synonyms:
   defective, unsound

3. rottennoun

   Synonyms:
   treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy

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1. rottenadjective

   Synonyms:
   decayed, putrid, putrescent, carious, corrupt, decomposed, putrefied, malodorous, fetid

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1. List of paraphrases for "rotten":

   lousy, crappy, sleazebag, crummy, clapped-out, crooked, decadent, corrupt, filthy, dirty, lame, shitty, scoundrels

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1. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe:

   If aid is going to be given on the principle that we accept gay marriages, then let that aid stay where it is. It is rotten aid, filthy aid.

2. Proverb:

   A woman is like a banana; one alone can turn the whole bunch rotten.

3. Carlos Jr.:

   It makes you feel rotten inside that you can't grieve, you can't cry, you can't --.

4. RJ Intindola:

   Love is often described as a fruit you can just reach out with your hand and pluck. However, one should beware, that although glowing in color, the fruit is often tainted or rotten.

5. Lesley Conger:

   Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty ... makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.