Dark
Dark adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: dark deeds that resulted in the Russian czar being known to history as Ivan the Terrible
Rotten and dark are semantically related. in shameful topic. In some cases you can use "Rotten" instead an adjective "Dark".
Rotten
Rotten adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: played a rotten trick and then lied about it
Dark and rotten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Rotten".
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Both words in one sentence
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Big Apple Sauce: A fictional — dark and rotten — version of New York City.
Source: Film / Taxi Driver - It also contains its own segregated area, which not even the poorest squatters dare enter: the rotten heart of the Tert, the dark city of Dis.
Source: Literature / Parrish Plessis -
Papa Wolf: Rhett fills this trope, spoiling Bonnie rotten, he fires a nanny in the movie and a servant in the book for leaving Bonnie alone in the dark.
Source: Film / Gone with the Wind
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