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# rotten

adjective (rotten, more rotten, most rotten); adverb (rotten — informal: spoiled rotten)

«rotten» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Gone bad, soft and smelly because of decay (a rotten egg, rotten wood). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m1)
2. (informal) Very bad, unpleasant or unfair (rotten weather, a rotten trick). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m2)
3. Feeling ill or unhappy (I feel rotten). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m3)
4. Morally bad, dishonest (rotten to the core). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m4)
5. Spoiled rotten: given too much and allowed everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science, rotten food shows decay by microbes; rotten eggs smell because of a gas called hydrogen sulphide. In health and safety: never eat food that looks, smells or tastes rotten — it can make you ill; rotten branches and floorboards can break under you. In stories, «rotten» describes villains or bad luck. Phrases: rotten egg, rotten apple (one bad person), feel rotten, rotten luck, spoiled rotten, rotten to the core.

### Examples

- This banana is rotten — throw it in the compost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x1)
- Don't climb on that branch, it's rotten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x2)
- The room smelled of rotten eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x3)
- We had rotten weather on our camping trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x4)
- I feel rotten — I think I have a cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x5)
- That was a rotten thing to say to your friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x6)
- The grandparents spoil the baby rotten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x7)
- Last one in the pool is a rotten egg! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x8)
- "Rotten apples," answered the ostler; "a whole sackful of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: double «t»: rotten. From the verb «rot». Safety: «when in doubt, throw it out» — don't taste food to check if it's rotten.

## In Jewish tradition

Job uses "rotten wood" to show how weak the great crocodile-like Leviathan thinks iron is. In the primary lessons: In science, rotten food shows decay by microbes; rotten eggs smell because of a gas called hydrogen sulphide. In health and safety: never eat food that looks, smells or tastes rotten — it can make you ill; rotten branches and floorboards can break under you. In stories, «rotten» describes villains or bad luck. Phrases: rotten egg, rotten apple (one bad person), feel rotten, rotten luck, spoiled rotten, rotten to the core.

### Examples

- He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. (Writings JOB.41.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rotten/#x1)

### Note

Spelling: double «t»: rotten. From the verb «rot». Safety: «when in doubt, throw it out» — don't taste food to check if it's rotten.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rotten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rotten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rotten.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rotten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rotten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rotten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rotten.html) on Mova free.