Definition of 'rotter'
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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`If you don't go to this lecture tonight, you're a first-class rotter. 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. RESCUING ROSE (2002)And surely even in books, Flora, the heroine wouldn't go back to such a rotter ? 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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