Rotten
Rotten adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: played a rotten trick and then lied about it
Wrong and rotten are semantically related in despicable topic. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead an adjective "Rotten".
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: there is something wrong with this cake—it has a funny taste
Rotten and wrong are semantically related in inappropriate topic. Sometimes you can use "Rotten" instead an adjective "Wrong", if it concerns topics such as incorrect.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century.
Source: Born in the Wrong Century -
Clover finds out that Sofia did something wrong when he takes a bite out of an apple she cloned and finds that it's rotten.
Source: Evil Twin -
Shoving your neighbors around, giving them the wrong fruit/rotten fruit/a bug when they ask for food, or whacking them with the bug net or axe will get them upset at you.
Source: What the Hell, Player?
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