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. Jeff Miller:

   There are some rotten people that work in the department that need to be fired, not protected.

2. Carlos Jr.:

   It just never feels like it's enough, it makes you feel rotten inside that you can't grieve, you can't cry, you can't --.

3. Deshawn Yeldell:

   Peeps stay solid and protect yourself and your family by any means necessary, there’s shady people out here and a rotten Society, this world and life we live there will always be some heartbreaking things that you will see in the future that’s going to make you lose control of your emotions and break down and cry, keep your head up and don’t go off your rocker. -MillYentei _The Gorilla Roar!

4. Proverb:

   Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.

5. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.