as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
the dirty rotter tried every scam in the book to steal from the most vulnerable
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Recent Examples of rotter
As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 May 2024
Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
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Byalexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
10 July 2023
So many directors have that cynical and alienated quality, the idea that everyone’s a rotter.
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Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2021
This rich rotter’s story, needless to say, does not end well for him.
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Dorothy Rabinowitz,
WSJ,
24 Aug. 2017
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 May 2024
Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
—
Byalexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
10 July 2023
So many directors have that cynical and alienated quality, the idea that everyone’s a rotter.
—
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2021
This rich rotter’s story, needless to say, does not end well for him.
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Dorothy Rabinowitz,
WSJ,
24 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotter
Noun
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
Noun
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
Noun
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
Noun
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
Noun
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
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“Rotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotter. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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