rotten smell
1rotten — 1. mod. smelly; disgusting. (Not slang.) □ What is that rotten smell? □ Something rotten is under that board. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From sense 1. See also putrid.) □ It takes a case of beer to get Wilbur rotten …
2smell — smell,[/p] scent, odor, aroma all denote a property of a thing that makes it perceptible to the olfactory sense. Smell not only is the most general of these terms but tends to be the most colorless. It is the appropriate word when merely the… …
3Rotten — Rot ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. [1913 Webster] You common cry of curs! whose breath I… …
4Rotten borough — Rotten Rot ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. [1913 Webster] You common cry of curs! whose… …
5Rotten stone — Rotten Rot ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. [1913 Webster] You common cry of curs! whose… …
6smell — smell1 W3S2 [smel] n 1.) the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose smell of ▪ The air was filled with the smell of flowers. sweet/delicious smell ▪ There s a delicious smell coming from the kitchen. unpleasant/bad/acrid… …
7smell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong ▪ There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber. ▪ f …
8rotten — rot|ten1 [ˈrɔtn US ˈra:tn] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: rotinn] 1.) badly decayed and no longer good to use ▪ the smell of rotten eggs ▪ Some of the wood was completely rotten. ▪ The apples went rotten very quickly. 2.) informal… …
9rotten — [[t]rɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]] 1) ADJ If food, wood, or another substance is rotten, it has decayed and can no longer be used. The smell outside this building is overwhelming like rotten eggs... The front bay window is rotten. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you… …
10rotten — 1 adjective 1 badly decayed: rotten fruit | the smell of rotten eggs | The wood was completely rotten. 2 informal very nasty or unpleasant: What rotten weather! | It s a rotten thing to do. 3 informal a word meaning very bad at doing something,… …