Good and Rotten

Good

Good adjective - Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
Usage example: good news from the hospital

Rotten is an antonym for good in topics: excellent, edible, pleasant, kind, considerable.

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Rotten

Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.
Usage example: rotten, smelly meat that should have been thrown out

Good is an antonym for rotten in topics: decaying, despicable, dishonest, decayed.

Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / When Things Were Rotten Once upon a time when things were rotten, Not just food, but also kings were rotten, Everybody kicked the peasants, Things were bad and that ain't good, Then came Robin Hood!
  • This comic has a variation, with Rotten Tomatoes reviews instead of good and bad news.
  • De Matteis is very good at... finding the inner light in any character, no matter how rotten.
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