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rotten |
Grep of noun rotten rotten borough rottenness Overview of adj rotten The adj rotten has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky -- ((informal) very bad "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world") 2. rotten -- (having rotted or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave") 3. decayed, rotten, rotted -- (damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation") Antonyms of adj rotten 3 senses of rotten Sense 1 icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Sense 2 rotten (vs. unrotten) unrotten (vs. rotten), unrotted => undecomposed Sense 3 decayed, rotten, rotted INDIRECT (VIA unsound) -> sound Similarity of adj rotten 3 senses of rotten Sense 1 icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky => bad (vs. good) Sense 2 rotten (vs. unrotten) => corrupt, tainted => decayed => decomposed => decomposing, moldering, mouldering, rotting => moldered, mouldered => putrefied, putrified, putrid => putrescent Sense 3 decayed, rotten, rotted => unsound (vs. sound) Attributes of adj rotten Familiarity of adj rotten rotten used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj rotten rotten unrotten Overview of adj rotten The adj rotten has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky -- ((informal) very bad "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world") 2. rotten -- (having rotted or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave") 3. decayed, rotten, rotted -- (damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation")
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