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  • 21Rotten — Things that are related to the word rotten:* Aus Rotten political hardcore punk group * Biodegradation the process of rotting * Calabash Nebula known as the Rotten Egg Nebula * Rotten.com web site devoted to gruesome photos * Rotten borough a… …

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  • 22rotten — adjective 1) rotten meat Syn: decaying, rotting, bad, off, far gone, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, perished, moldy, moldering, mildewy, rancid, festering, fetid; maggoty, wormy …

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  • 23rotten — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English rotian to rot Date: 13th century 1. having rotted ; putrid 2. morally corrupt 3. extremely unpleasant or inferior < a rotten day > < a …

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  • 24rotten — 1. mod. smelly; disgusting. (Not slang.) □ What is that rotten smell? □ Something rotten is under that board. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From sense 1. See also putrid.) □ It takes a case of beer to get Wilbur rotten …

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  • 25Rotten (1) — 1. Rotten, verb. reg. act. welches eigentlich versammeln, verbinden bedeutet hat, aber nur noch in der zweyten Bedeutung des vorigen Wortes und zwar gleichfalls nur im härtesten und verächtlichsten Verstande als ein Reciprocum üblich ist. Sich zu …

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  • 26rotten — rọt|ten1 〈V.; hat〉 I 〈V. tr.; veraltet〉 in Rotten ordnen, scharen II 〈V. refl.〉 sich rotten sich zusammenrotten, eine Rotte bilden rọt|ten2 I 〈V. tr.; hat〉 = rösten2 II 〈V. intr.; ist/hat〉 faulen, faul werden, verfaulen; →a. verrotten …

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  • 27rotten — [ˈrɒt(ə)n] adj 1) decayed rotten eggs/fruit/teeth[/ex] 2) informal unpleasant They were really rotten to him![/ex] If it rains all the time, we ll have a rotten holiday.[/ex] 3) informal of a low quality, standard, or ability She s a rotten&#8230; …

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  • 28rotten — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1 rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. 2 morally, socially, or politically corrupt. 3 sl. a disagreeable, unpleasant (had a rotten time). b (of a plan etc.) ill advised,&#8230; …

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  • 29rotten — rottenly, adv. rottenness, n. /rot n/, adj., rottener, rottenest. 1. decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad smelling. 2. corrupt or morally offensive. 3. wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of&#8230; …

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  • 30rotten — adj. (colloq.) rotten to + inf. (it was rotten of him to do that) * * * [ rɒtn] (colloq.) rotten to + inf. (it was rotten of him to do that) …

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