Definition of 'rotter'

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rotter

(rɒtəʳ )

Word forms: plural rotters

countable noun

If you call someone a rotter, you are criticizing them because you think that they have behaved in a very unkind or mean way.

[British, informal, old-fashioned, disapproval]

Synonyms: scoundrel [old-fashioned], rat [informal], stinker [slang], louse [slang] More Synonyms of rotter

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rotter in British

(ˈrɒtə )

noun

slang, mainly British

a worthless, unpleasant, or despicable person

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rotter in American

(ˈrɑtər ; rätˈər)

noun

Chiefly British, Slang

a despicable fellow; cad, bounder, etc.

Word origin of 'rotter'

< rot

Example sentences containing 'rotter'

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`If you don't go to this lecture tonight, you're a first-class rotter. Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE (2002)I'd assumed he was a good-looking rotter, a good ten years older, but perhaps he was the same age. Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)And surely even in books, Flora, the heroine wouldn't go back to such a rotter ? Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)

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Used Rarely. rotter is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of rotter from the Collins English Dictionary

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