rotten

adjective/ˈrɑtən/

Frequency rank: #5,330 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Having decayed or decomposed; in a bad or unpleasant state.

Illustration for the English word “rotten”

Example sentence

We had to throw away the fruit because it had gone completely rotten.

Synonyms & related words

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