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100 Best Synonyms for “Rotten”

November 5, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abominable extremely bad or hateful
2. abysmal extremely poor or bad
3. appalling shockingly bad
4. atrocious extremely bad or unpleasant
5. awful very bad or unpleasant
6. bad of poor quality or character
7. base morally low or dishonorable
8. beastly very unpleasant or nasty
9. broken-down worn out or ruined
10. bug-ridden full of bugs or pests
11. bum poor quality; lousy
12. busted broken or not working
13. cheesy cheap, poor, or tacky
14. contaminated made impure or unsafe
15. contemptible worthy of contempt
16. corrupt morally dishonest or spoiled
17. cruddy dirty, poor, or unpleasant
18. crummy poor quality; unpleasant
19. debased reduced in moral quality
20. decayed rotted or decomposed
21. decomposed broken down by decay
22. degenerate morally corrupt or degraded
23. depraved morally corrupt or wicked
24. detestable deserving strong dislike
25. disgusting causing strong disgust
26. dreadful very bad or unpleasant
27. evil morally bad or harmful
28. execrable extremely bad or detestable
29. fetid having a very bad smell
30. filthy very dirty or obscene
31. fishy suspicious or doubtful
32. foul disgustingly bad or offensive
33. ghastly horribly unpleasant
34. gone bad spoiled and no longer usable
35. gone off spoiled; no longer fresh
36. grody disgusting or gross
37. gross very unpleasant or disgusting
38. grotty dirty, unpleasant, or poor
39. hateful very unpleasant or malicious
40. heinous shockingly evil or bad
41. hopeless very bad; beyond improvement
42. horrible very unpleasant or bad
43. iffy of doubtful quality
44. inedible not fit to eat
45. infected contaminated with disease
46. infested overrun with pests
47. intolerable too bad to accept
48. kaput broken and useless
49. lamentable bad enough to regret
50. loathsome causing hatred or disgust
51. lousy very poor or unpleasant
52. maggoty full of maggots
53. miserable very bad or unhappy
54. moldy covered with mold
55. monstrous shockingly cruel or bad
56. musty stale-smelling and damp
57. nasty unpleasant, mean, or harmful
58. noxious harmful or very unpleasant
59. objectionable unpleasant or offensive
60. odious extremely unpleasant or hateful
61. off no longer fresh or good
62. offensive displeasing or insulting
63. outrageous shockingly bad or excessive
64. overripe too ripe; starting to spoil
65. pathetic very poor or inadequate
66. pitiful very poor or weak
67. polluted made dirty or harmful
68. poor not good in quality
69. punk worthless or poor quality
70. putrid decayed and smelling very bad
71. questionable doubtful or suspicious
72. ramshackle badly built or falling apart
73. rancid smelling or tasting spoiled
74. rank stale, foul-smelling, or gross
75. regrettable unfortunate and disappointing
76. repulsive causing disgust or dislike
77. revolting extremely disgusting
78. rickety shaky and poorly made
79. run-down in poor condition
80. second-rate not of the best quality
81. shoddy badly made or poor
82. sorry poor or disappointing
83. sour gone bad; acidic tasting
84. spoiled gone bad; no longer fresh
85. stale no longer fresh
86. stinking smelling very bad
87. substandard below acceptable quality
88. tainted contaminated or spoiled
89. terrible extremely bad
90. third-rate very low in quality
91. trashy low quality or tasteless
92. unacceptable not satisfactory or allowed
93. unfit not suitable or healthy
94. unsound not in good condition
95. vile extremely unpleasant or evil
96. villainous wicked or criminal
97. wicked morally bad or nasty
98. wormy full of worms
99. wrecked badly damaged or destroyed
100. wretched very bad or miserable

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