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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.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'rotter'
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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)

Trends of 'rotter'

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

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Nearby words of 'rotter'

  • rotten apple
  • rotten borough
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Definition of rotter from the Collins English Dictionary

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Scrabble score for 'rotter': 6
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