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As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.
Juliana Hatfield

Meaning of "rottenness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROTTENNESS

rottenness  [ˈrɒtnnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTTENNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rottenness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROTTENNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rottenness in the English dictionary

The first definition of rottenness in the dictionary is the state of being affected with rot; decomposition, decay, or putridness. Other definition of rottenness is the state of being morally despicable or corrupt. Rottenness is also the state of being unsatisfactory or poor.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROTTENNESS


cleanness
ˈkliːnnɪs
commonness
ˈkɒmənnɪs
evenness
ˈiːvənnɪs
fineness
ˈfaɪnnɪs
genuineness
ˈdʒenjʊɪnnɪs
greenness
ˈɡriːnnɪs
keenness
ˈkiːnnɪs
leanness
ˈliːnnɪs
meanness
ˈmiːnnɪs
oneness
ˈwʌnnɪs
openness
ˈəʊpənnɪs
outspokenness
ˌaʊtˈspəʊkənnɪs
plainness
ˈpleɪnnɪs
proneness
ˈprəʊnnɪs
sternness
ˈstɜːnnɪs
stubbornness
ˈstʌbənnɪs
suddenness
ˈsʌdənnɪs
thinness
ˈθɪnnɪs
unevenness
ʌnˈiːvənnɪs
wantonness
ˈwɒntənnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROTTENNESS

rotovate
Rotovator
rotproof
rottan
rotte
rotted
rotten
rotten apple
rotten borough
rottenly
rottenstone
rotter
Rotterdam
rotting
Rottweiler
rotula
rotund
rotunda
rotundate
rotundity

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROTTENNESS

barrenness
betweenness
brazenness
brokenness
brownness
business
drunkenness
foreignness
givenness
goldenness
Guinness
hiddenness
humanness
McGuinness
oftenness
soddenness
sullenness
tyranness
uncertainness
uncleanness
vainness

Synonyms and antonyms of rottenness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rottenness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROTTENNESS

Find out the translation of rottenness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rottenness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rottenness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐朽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

podredumbre
570 millions of speakers

English

rottenness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعفن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гниль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

podridão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পচানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pourriture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemusnahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fäulnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐敗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

썩음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rottenness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự trụy lạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுகிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुजणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kokuşmuşluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marciume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zgnilizna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гниль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

putreziciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαπίλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrotting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ruttenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

råtten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rottenness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTTENNESS»

The term «rottenness» is regularly used and occupies the 86.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTTENNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rottenness

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QUOTES WITH «ROTTENNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rottenness.
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Juliana Hatfield
As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTTENNESS»

Discover the use of rottenness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rottenness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings (English Ed.).
XX. B. O. C. — Sleepers not being pickled perished by rottenness of the substance, and especially by bruising, which is the result of hammering at the support of the rail. XXI. L.-Maest. — Sleepers (unpickled) perish by rottenness first of the ...
‎1897
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Proceedings
C. — Sleepers not being pickled perished by rottenness of the substance, and especially by bruising, which is the result of hammering at the support of the rail. XXI. L.-Maest. — Sleepers (unpickled) perish by rottenness first of the sap-wood,  ...
‎1897
3
The Interior
"What should we do without salt?" whispered one housewife to another. "Wc should be helpless without salt," said one fisherman to another. Salt was their splendid ally, it was the strong, pungent antagonist of rottenness. It was the aggressive ...
‎1922
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The Continent
Saltwas their splendid ally, it was the strong, pungent antagonist of rottenness. It was the aggressive resister of swift and cunning disease. Christian Arc Custodian of Moral Health And this was the Master's metaphor. "My disciples are to be like ...
‎1922
5
Reports of cases adjudged and determined in the Supreme ...
R., 293, that the vessel was decayed, and stop there ; but it finds her " bad" and rotten ; and how are the court to say that the badness is all rottenness ? If badness can mean anything else besides rottenness, it destroys the flat bar, and lets us ...
Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock, New York (State). Supreme Court, 1884
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...
It was enough if, in fact and substance, it agreed with it; and he considered the survey, in that case, as exhibiting a particular statement of facts equivalent to general unsoundness or rottenness in the hull ; and that it brought the vessel within ...
New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson, 1873
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Outrider of Empire: The Life & Adventures of Roger Pocock, ...
R. Pocock, Rottenness, 207. Roger defined a parasite as “the human being who eats but does not work, who reaps where he has not sown, who takes rent and revenue from the labour of others, rendering no service in return” (196). R. Pocock ...
Geoffrey A. Pocock, 2007
8
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
592,) it was held that the causes of condemnation stated v May' 18U- in the survey must be confined to unsoundness or rottenness, haff and not be founded on accident or other circumstances. The v- case of Watson and Hudson *v.
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1883
9
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
[112 And further find, that the said cross-arm of the Consolidated Gas and Electric Light and Power Company on which the plaintiff was required to stand in doing said work, if they so find, was rotten beneath the surface, and which rottenness ...
Maryland. Court of Appeals, 1910
10
New Philosophy of Human Nature: Neither Known to nor ...
It is introduced by many things [that can be] threats [to life], such as the environment, the local air, the surroundings, concussion, obstruction, redundant humidity, heat, coldness, rottenness (to call these things by their common names) .
Mary Ellen Waithe, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTTENNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rottenness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'The Love Object' by Edna O'Brien
... she thinks about how “she always held people to her ear, the way her mother held eggs, shaking them to guess at their rottenness, but unlike her mother she ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
2
Full Terror Assault 2015 Band Lineup Announced
... Misery Index, Moistened Disciples, Murder Construct, Napalm Death, Nashville Pussy, Noisem, Obituary, Protest, Putrid Pile, Revocation, Rottenness (MEX), ... «Metal Underground, Jun 15»
3
Fifa scandals - a rottenness based on corporate greed
The ongoing bribery and corruption allegations reveal the rottenness of a sporting organisation wedded to profit-driven capitalism and used by unsavoury ... «Socialist Party, Jun 15»
4
Newcastle United, the experts' verdict: 'This club is rotten from the …
MQ It's a massive collective but the club is rotten from the top down. That rottenness seeps down. There have been bad decisions made on managers and bad ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
5
No Brushing, No Fluoridation, No Tooth Decay - Beavers, What's …
“Caries” is Latin for “rottenness” and it is one of the most common chronic diseases and a major public health problem, despite strides made with fluoride ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»
6
The rich protect their own: scandal cover-up exposes rottenness of …
A fish rots from the head down. It is the same for the crisis-ridden British Tory Establishment. Once again, the whole British Establishment is mired in deep ... «In Defense of Marxism, Aug 14»
7
Montana's Trail House Brings Morally Hazardous Appalachian …
Montana's Trail House is a very bad place. Its rottenness is both inherent and cosmetic; it is culinarily insipid and morally insidious. It's bad to the last splinter of ... «New York Observer, Jul 14»
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Calvary: A bleak picture about the rottenness of humanity
The last time writer-director John Michael McDonagh and actor Brendan Gleeson teamed up it was for The Guard, a funny and brilliantly original cop comedy set ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 14»
9
Chasing the great American dream
I was sick of the rottenness of Indian government and wanted to work where merit mattered. Fortuitously, I won a scholarship to Oxford and ended up in the UK ... «Aljazeera.com, Dec 13»
10
Commodities Go Bad, Barclays Sees More Rottenness Ahead
Gold's 2013 implosion is old news. But did you notice the slump in oil and natural gas prices? The most heavily traded oil futures contract is below $95 ... «Barron's, Nov 13»

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