rotten
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If he has traveled an arc of self-improvement, it has still landed him in a pretty rotten place.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s the soundtrack of first loves and first heartbreaks, rotten days, soured friendships and sweet hopes for tomorrow.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
I understand every grubby, rotten impulse of the bereaved.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs and can be produced by a chemical reaction and by some organic material, such as sewage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Alsvindr was huge for a horse—much taller than either of the Ivanov family’s horses—and since he had belonged to such a rotten man, everyone expected him to be rotten too.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing rotten
Oh, No! Synonyms for "Bad"
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