rotten

pourri, avarié

Se dit d’un aliment qui s’est dégradé et ne doit plus être mangé.

En anglais simple : Food that has gone bad and should no longer be eaten.

• This apple is rotten.
• We threw away the rotten vegetables.
• The kitchen smelled of rotten eggs.

Synonymes : spoiled, bad, decayed

Contraires : fresh

Expressions courantes : rotten fruit, rotten egg, rotten meat, rotten food

pourri

Dégradé par le temps, l’eau ou des phénomènes naturels, au point de devenir fragile ou abîmé.

En anglais simple : Broken down by age, water, or natural processes, so that it is weak or damaged.

• The fence posts are rotten.
• He replaced the rotten boards in the floor.
• A rotten branch broke off during the storm.

Synonymes : decayed, rotted

Contraires : sound

Expressions courantes : rotten wood, rotten floorboards, rotten tree

méchant, ignoble

Très méchant, injuste ou malhonnête.

En anglais simple : Very unkind, unfair, or dishonest.

• That was a rotten trick.
• She was rotten to everyone who tried to help.
• Only a rotten person would steal from a child.

Comment l'utiliser : be rotten to someone (He was rotten to his younger brother.)

Synonymes : mean, cruel, nasty

Contraires : kind, decent

Expressions courantes : rotten person, rotten to someone, rotten trick

à outrance, énormément

À un degré extrême, surtout lorsqu’on donne trop d’attention ou de cadeaux à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To a very great degree, especially when someone is given too much attention or too many treats.

• They spoil their dog rotten.
• We were pampered rotten at the hotel.
• That sudden noise scared me rotten.

Comment l'utiliser : spoil/pamper someone rotten (Her grandparents spoil her rotten.)

Synonymes : completely, thoroughly, extremely

Expressions courantes : spoil someone rotten, pamper someone rotten, scare someone rotten