Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A scoundrel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who talks or writes ‘rot’; a humbug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
worthless ,despicable person. - noun UK, slang A
scoundrel . - noun UK, slang, journalism A
non-accredited journalist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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Examples
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Chigmok, he ees no good, he what you call a rotter, but he not dare to do this ting heemself. "
A Mating in the Wilds Ottwell Binns
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That retarded kid is the reason the rotter was a problem in the first place!
EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008
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That retarded kid is the reason the rotter was a problem in the first place!
EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008
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That retarded kid is the reason the rotter was a problem in the first place!
EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008
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It could have been hard, Varakov decided, for a man like Karamatsov" a despoiler, what the British before World War II in their days of empire would have called a "rotter" " to live with flawless beauty such as Natalia possessed.
The Doomsayer AHERN, Jerry 1981
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It could have been hard, Varakov decided, for a man like Karamatsov — a despoiler, what the British before World War II in their days of empire would have called a "rotter" — to live with flawless beauty such as Natalia possessed.
The Doomsayer Ahern, Jerry 1981
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Odessa fell first, I think, owing to the commander there being what we commonly call a "rotter"; he seemed to be of no use, and Odessa was taken by the Bolshevists.
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If you consulted your business experience instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter.
Notable & Quotable 2011
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My behavior toward you, of course, now depends on your reputation and thus what you have done to others: if you have been a cad and a rotter, I am less likely to trust you to deliver.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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When Katherine Parkinson who is lovely as Conceptiva, but hobbled, like everyone else, by this dead script tells Stephen Fry what a rotter he is, he replies: "Indeed, I am a lovelington and a softie boots."
TV review: The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff; King of Christmas Lights 2011
brtom commented on the word rotter
"You low cad! You ought to be ducked in the horsepond, you rotter!"
Joyce, Ulysses, 15
February 5, 2007
bilby commented on the word rotter
A refrigerator compartment, usually on the lower shelf, designed to turn vegetables into mush.
August 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word rotter
Ha! Yes, bilby. An urban truism!
August 13, 2008