rotten
Spoiled beyond saving
Rotten describes organic matter that has decayed and spoiled: rotten fruit, rotten meat, rotten teeth.
The smell of rotten eggs is sulfurous and unmistakable.
Extended uses convey corruption or poor quality: a rotten system, rotten luck, a rotten deal.
Something rotten is thoroughly bad: I feel rotten about what I said.
To be rotten to the core is to be corrupt beyond redemption.
Decomposed and foul-smelling
- decomposedBroken into simpler parts
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- decayedBroken down organically
- moldyCovered in fungal growth
mildewed · spoiled · tainted · fermented · curdled · turned · sour · stale
Powerfully offensive odor
- reekEmit strong odor
- stinkOffensive smell
- fetidHaving foul odor
- malodorousHaving a bad smell
rank · pungent · putrid · noisome · foul-smelling · rancid · musty · fusty
Extremely unpleasant or bad
- contemptibleDeserving strong disrespect
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- lowdownEssential inside facts
lousy · dirty · wretched · shameful · scummy · deplorable · reprehensible · base
Bent or dishonest
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
nepotism · sleazy · venal · unscrupulous · shady · bent · dirty · underhanded
putrid
Decomposed and foul-smelling
- decomposedBroken into simpler parts
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- decayedBroken down organically
moldy · mildewed · spoiled · tainted · fermented · curdled · turned · sour · stale · overripe
stench
Powerfully offensive odor
malodorous · rank · pungent · putrid · noisome · foul-smelling · rancid · musty · fusty · acrid
vile
Extremely unpleasant or bad
- contemptibleDeserving strong disrespect
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
- meanAverage, or spiteful
lowdown · lousy · dirty · wretched · shameful · scummy · deplorable · reprehensible · base · ignoble
crooked
Bent or dishonest
fraud · nepotism · sleazy · venal · unscrupulous · shady · bent · dirty · underhanded · scandal
lousy
Of very poor quality
poor · substandard · shabby · worthless · abysmal · dreadful · miserable · shoddy · pathetic · dismal
ill
In poor health
terrible · rough · off-color · poorly · under the weather · green around the gills · wretched · lousy · ghastly · dreadful
rottenfresh
Newly made, not stale
unspoiled · preserved · undecayed · sound · undecomposed
- rotten eggSpoiled ovum
- spoil someone rottenPamper to excess
- rotten to the coreCompletely without moral value
- rotten applesDecomposing orchard produce
- rotten luckPersistent ill fortune
- spoils somebody rottenLavishes excessive attention and gifts
rotting, rottenness, rottenly, rottenest, rotter, rotten eggs, rotten egg