Thesaurus:rotten

Thesaurus

rotten

English

Adjective

Sense: of food, grown less edible or inedible

Synonyms

• bad    [⇒ thesaurus]
• carious
• gone bad
• gone off (UK, Australia)
• maggoted (figurative)
• rotten
• spoiled

Antonyms

• edible    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fresh
• unspoiled

Hyponyms

• curdled
• moldy
• musty
• mildewed
• fusty
• flyblown
• maggoted (literal)
• maggoty
• overripe
• putrid
• reasty (obsolete, British dialect)
• rancid
• sour    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• contaminated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• decayed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• inedible    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• saprogenic
• fermented
• passed something's sell-by date
• stale

Further reading

• “653. uncleanness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “659. deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rotten” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.