rotten

Definition

  • adjective: having rotted or decayed and no longer able to be used, eaten, etc.
  • adjective: having 'rotted'
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: putrid, treacherous, unsound

Examples

  • She's 'rotten to the core'. [=she's a very bad person; she's a very dishonest person]

  • ('Brit') He fancies you (something) 'rotten'. [=he likes you very much]

  • I feel 'rotten' [=I feel guilty; I am upset] about what I said.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Whoa... Is that blood? Oh, shit. What's your medical diagnosis now? It fucking stinks. Oh, shit. Careful. These steps are old and rotten down here. - Yeah, like this whole freaking house. - I know. Smells like burned hair. I think it's back there. (..)
    2013 Evil Dead