Negative and Rotten

Negative

Negative adjective - Marked by opposition or ill will.

Rotten and negative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rotten" instead an adjective "Negative".

Rotten

Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.

Negative and rotten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Negative" instead an adjective "Rotten".

Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Website / Rotten Tomatoes The RT site then flags the reviews as either skewing positive ('fresh') or negative ('rotten') and gives the film an overall percentile rating based on how many there are of each type.
  • Rotten Tomatoes shut down user comments for The Dark Knight Rises after critics gave negative reviews and people responded by posting death threats.
  • Kirk Cameron was fairly upset at the negative reviews of Saving Christmas and begged fans to improve the fan rating on Rotten Tomatoes to combat the bad critical reviews.
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