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rot·ter

(rŏt′ər)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A scoundrel.

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rotter

(ˈrɒtə)

slang chiefly Brit a worthless, unpleasant, or despicable person

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rot•ter

(ˈrɒt ər)

n. Chiefly Brit.

a thoroughly worthless person.

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Noun

rotter - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, bum, crumb, rat

disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

rotter

noun (Old-fashioned) scoundrel, rat (informal), stinker (slang), louse (slang), cad (Brit. informal), swine, bounder (old-fashioned Brit. slang), blighter (Brit. informal), cur, scumbag (slang), bad lot, blackguard, cocksucker (taboo slang), scrote (slang) The man's an absolute rotter!

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Translations

قَذِر

ničema

skiderik

Schweinehund

rongyember

fúlmenni

cialtrone farabutto mascalzone

naničhodník

aşağılık kimse

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rotter

(o.f.) [ˈrɒtəʳ] N (Brit) → caradura mf, sinvergüenza mf
you rotter! → ¡canalla!

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rotter

[ˈrɒtə^r] n (British) → pourri(e) m/f

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rotter

n (dated Brit inf) → Lump m

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rotter

[ˈrɒtəʳ] n (Brit) (old) (fam) → mascalzone/a

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rot

(rot) – past tense, past participle ˈrotted – verb

to make or become bad or decayed. The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.

noun

1. decay. The floorboards are affected by rot.

2. nonsense. Don't talk rot!

ˈrotten adjective

1. (of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed. rotten vegetables.

2. bad; mean. What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.

ˈrottenness noun

ˈrotter noun

a mean, bad person. an absolute rotter.

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"Of course he was a rotter. He was bound to end in the gutter sooner or later," said Lawson.

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"Then we'd better get back and make sure of the other rotter."

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I have got accustomed to hear you talking about men as rotters, and calling everything filthy and beastly; though I do think it horrible and unladylike.

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Even these wretched young rotters were not very common at our house; but there were two of them that were a lot too common--common in every sort of way.

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Harry Redknapp has claimed he finally found happiness on I'm a Celeb...after years working as football manager turned him into a "miserable rotter."

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