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rot·ter
(rŏt′ər)n. Chiefly British Slang
A scoundrel.
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rotter
(ˈrɒtə)n
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 | 1. | 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'" disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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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
ničema
skiderik
rongyember
fúlmenni
naničhodník
aşağılık kimse
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rotter
n (dated Brit inf) → Lump m
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rotter
[ˈrɒtəʳ] n (Brit) (old) (fam) → mascalzone/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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.
noun1. decay. The floorboards are affected by rot.
2. nonsense. Don't talk rot!
ˈrotten adjective1. (of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed. rotten vegetables.
2. bad; mean. What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.
ˈrottenness nounˈrotter noun
a mean, bad person. an absolute rotter.
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