rot´ten|ly

rot´ten|ly
rot|ten «ROT uhn», adjective.
1. decayed or spoiled; decomposed: »

a rotten egg, rotten wood. Beneath this is a zone of partly decayed stone or rotten rock (Fenton and Fenton).

2. bad-smelling; foul; disgusting: »

a rotten smell, rotten air.

 SYNONYM(S): putrid, fetid.
3. not in good condition; unsound; weak: »

The rotten ice gave way, and he fell into the water. It is a reasoning weak, rotten, and sophistical (Edmund Burke).

4. Figurative. corrupt; dishonest: »

rotten government. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Shakespeare).

5. bad; nasty: »

rotten luck, to feel rotten, a rotten joke, to have a rotten time. He said furiously, “You loved Scobie,” and added quickly, “Sorry. Rotten thing to say” (Graham Greene).

╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic rotinn)]
–rot´ten|ly, adverb.
–rot´ten|ness, noun.

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