rotten

Other forms of rotten

comparative

rottenner·

superlative

rottennest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rotten

What does rotten mean?

rotten means "very bad". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rotten?

rotten has 2 syllables: rot-ten. The stress falls on "rot". In IPA it is /ˈɹɑtən/.

What is another word for rotten?

Close synonyms include icky, crappy, lousy, shitty, stinking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rotten a common word?

rotten is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.