Rotten vs Vrot - What's the difference?
rotten | vrot |
Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
In a state of decay.
Cruel, mean or immoral.
Bad or terrible.
To an extreme degree.
(South Africa) rotten
* 1979 , South African journal of science (volumes 75-76, page 399)
* 1994 , Ella Mary Macphail, Ugogo and other stories from South Africa (page 33)
As adjectives the difference between rotten and vrot
is that rotten is of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents while vrot is (south africa) rotten.As an adverb rotten
is to an extreme degree.rotten
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten .
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten .
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten .
- That man is a rotten father.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- 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.Adverb
(en adverb)- That kid is spoilt rotten .
- The girls fancy him something rotten .
Anagrams
* ----vrot
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer
- The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.