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.
—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.
—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.
—Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotter
Noun
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
Noun
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While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Variations of the game include the mahjong card in America, which is used for scoring, and eight joker tiles; in Singapore, the game is played with four extra tiles, which are decorated with animals.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Students are required to bring two full decks of cards including the jokers.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the last few years, perhaps after an adaptive mutation, bird flu has jumped to a wide number of mammal species, including seals, bears, skunks, foxes, cougars, bobcats, dolphins and even a polar bear.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Spera said the animals included rabbits, chickens, a duck, a skunk, a dove and two cats.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Rotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotter. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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