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rotted

rot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rot]
    • /rɒt/
    • /rɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rot]
    • /rɒt/

Definitions of rotted word

  • verb without object rotted to undergo decomposition; decay. 1
  • verb without object rotted to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often followed by away, from, off, etc.). 1
  • verb without object rotted to languish, as in confinement. 1
  • verb without object rotted to become morally corrupt or offensive. 1
  • verb with object rotted to cause to rot: Dampness rots wood. 1
  • verb with object rotted to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt. 1

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Origin of rotted

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English rot(t)en, Old English rotian, cognate with Frisian rotsje, Dutch rotten; (noun) Middle English, perhaps < Old Norse rot (perhaps partly derivative of the v.); cf. ret, rotten)

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Parts of speech for Rotted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rotted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

rotted usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rotted

adj rotted

  • carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
  • crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
  • decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
  • gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.

verb rotted

  • acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
  • ate — Ate is the past tense of eat.
  • languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
  • worsened — Simple past tense and past participle of worsen.

noun rotted

  • driveled — Simple past tense and past participle of drivel.
  • gangrened — Infected with gangrene, gangrenous.
  • jived — swing music or early jazz.

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