different between spoilt vs rotten
spoilt
English
Alternative forms
- spoiled
Pronunciation
- enPR: spoilt, IPA(key): /sp??lt/
Adjective
spoilt (comparative more spoilt, superlative most spoilt) (UK spelling)
- (Britain) Having lost its original value
- Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
- (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering
Usage notes
- Much less common than spoiled in US.
- About as common as "spoiled" in UK.
Antonyms
- (food): eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt
- (person): unspoilt
Derived terms
- spoilt for choice
Translations
Verb
spoilt
- simple past tense and past participle of spoil
Anagrams
- pilots, pistol, postil, potlis, sploit
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rotten
English
Etymology
From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rut?n? (“to rot”). More at rot.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???tn?/, [????n?]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???tn?/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Adjective
rotten (comparative rottener or more rotten, superlative rottenest or most rotten)
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
- 1596-99?, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, scene iii:
- Antonio: Mark you this, Bassanio, / The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
- In a state of decay.
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- That man is a rotten father.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- Bad or terrible.
- Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
- She has the flu and feels rotten.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which “rotten” is often applied: wood, food, egg, meat, fruit, tomato, apple, banana, milk, vegetable, stuff, tooth, smell, person, kid, bastard, scoundrel, weather.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
rotten (comparative more rotten, superlative most rotten)
- To an extreme degree.
- That kid is spoilt rotten.
- The girls fancy him something rotten.
Anagrams
- Trento, torent
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?(n)/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch rotten, reformed from earlier roten, from Old Dutch *roton, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.
Verb
rotten
- To rot, to go bad, to decay.
Inflection
Derived terms
- doorrotten
- verrotten
- wegrotten
Etymology 2
Noun
rotten
- Plural form of rot
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?n/, [???t?n], [???tn?]
- Hyphenation: rot?ten
Etymology 1
From Middle High German roten, derived from rote (whence modern Rotte), from Old French rote, from Latin rupta.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete) To form into a gang, to rout, to squad.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- zusammenrotten (remains common)
Etymology 2
From Middle High German roten, roden, from Proto-Germanic *rud?n?.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of roden (“to clear woods, to make arable”)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- ausrotten (remains common)
Etymology 3
From Middle Low German rotten, alteration (perhaps intensivation) of older r?ten, from Old Saxon rot?n, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- To rot, to decay.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- As a simplex chiefly with certain adverbs, like vor sich hin. More common in compounds.
Synonyms
- faulen
- verfaulen
Derived terms
- dahinrotten
- verrotten
Middle English
Verb
rotten
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- rotta f
Noun
rotten m
- definite masculine singular of rotte: rat (rodent)
West Frisian
Noun
rotten
- plural of rôt
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