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# rotten

«rotten» in Mova's school dictionary: **Gone bad, soft and smelly because of decay (a rotten egg…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gone bad, soft and smelly because of decay (a rotten egg, rotten wood). [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m2)

3) Feeling ill or unhappy (I feel rotten). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m3)

4) Morally bad, dishonest (rotten to the core). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m4)

5) Spoiled rotten: given too much and allowed everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/#m5)

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

- [Leaking gas smells like rotten eggs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/13-smells-that-warn/8/)
- [Spoiled food may smell sour or rotten because bacteria (tiny living things too small to see) and moulds are breaking it down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/13-smells-that-warn/14/)
- [The gas used in homes is given a smell like rotten eggs, so that a leak is easy to notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/35-home-alone/20/)
- [Volcanoes release gases such as water vapour, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, and their sulfur gases can smell of rotten eggs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/13/)
- [Spices were expensive in medieval Europe but not usually worth their weight in gold, and they were not used to hide rotten meat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rotten» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotten/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.