rotsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by rot or rotting.

Scrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectiverotsome (comparative more rotsome, superlative most rotsome)

comparative more rotsome · superlative most rotsome

  1. informalCharacterised or marked by rot or rotting.

    It's disgusterous! ... It's sickable! It's rotsome!

    2011, Ann Alston, Catherine Butler, Roald Dahl
    1 more example

    'This on its own would be rotsome, but the dog hair gives it a lovely zingy tang.'

    2011, Steven Butler, The Wrong Pong

Origin

From rot + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

roomset
Cite this entry
APA

rotsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotsome

MLA

“rotsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotsome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rotsome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotsome.

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