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How to pronounce “rotten”
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Pronunciation guide for rotten
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of rotten with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist 18 minutes
Rotten Ralph.
- Definition summary
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce rotten
Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist 18 minutes

Rotten Ralph.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “rotten”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- In a state of decay.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Bad or terrible.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- [Adverb]
- To an extreme degree.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) to rot, to go bad, to decay
- [Noun]
- plural of rot
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