Words that rhyme with rotten
Rotten is a 2-syllable word with 210 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are asyndeton, australopithecine, automaton. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of rotten
- very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"
1 syllable
2 syllables
- bobbin
- brighten
- captain
- carton
- certain
- chitin
- consign
- cretin
- croton
- ensign
- fatten
- flatten
- frighten
- gluten
- glutton
- hearten
- heighten
- kitten
- latten
- neaten
- pattern
- phaeton
- platen
- slattern
- straighten
- straiten
- tartan
- tauten
- threaten
- tighten
- titan
- triton
- wheaten
- boughten
- satan
- teuton
- brighton
- chiton
- cretan
- quartan
- saturn
- aten
- platan
- houghton
- quartern
- baton
- batten
- beaten
- button
- cotton
- curtain
- lighten
- marten
- mitten
- oaten
- shorten
- smitten
- sweeten
- whiten
- breton
- briton
- burton
- morton
- newton
- patten
- bethune
- crichton
- wharton
- paton
- keaton
- seton
- britten
- merton
- laughton
- lawton
- hutton
- gotten
- hottest
- smarten
- witan
- horton
- jetton
- cotten
- lipton
- doughten
- partan
- rowton
- stoughton
- torten
- chorten
- bitten
- paten
- norton
- gorton
- orton
- warton
- grattan
- gratton
- hatton
- bretton
- wotton
- mcnaughton
- catton
- patton
- beaton
- beeton
- eaton
- eton
- heaton
- seaton
- knighton
- litton
- witton
- clapton
- clayton
- creighton
- deighton
- drayton
- layton
- leighton
- payton
- peyton
- brittain
- brittan
- britton
- ryton
- shipton
- skipton
- broughton
- daughton
- haughton
- naughton
- botten
- barton
- leyton
- girton
- turton
- curtin
- luton
- scruton
- wootton
- sutton
- upton
3 syllables
- begotten
- charlatan
- countersign
- dishearten
- enlighten
- forgotten
- frostbitten
- guncotton
- handwritten
- puritan
- sauerbraten
- unbeaten
- unbutton
- uncertain
- unwritten
- harmattan
- manhattan
- thylacine
- occitan
- verboten
- rambutan
- laputan
- skeleton
- sheraton
- chesterton
- browbeaten
- pushbutton
- rewritten
- tarlatan
- sphingosine
- throgmorton
- uneaten
- wolverton
- haversine
- reconsign
- mountbatten
- dakotan
- ikhnaton
- macnaughton
- pemberton
- chatterton
- dumbarton
- warburton
- pinkerton
- bickerton
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
Examples of "rotten" in lyrics
See how rotten is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"The Big Apple I eat it rotten"
A.G. — Triumph -
"Gonna Hit top or bottom, Swing and sock flops that're rotten"
Anacron — Yeah (Still Affiliated) -
"Oh you thought that I was rotten"
Asheru & Blue Black (Unspoken Heard) — Theme Music
What do these rhymes mean?
- asyndeton
- the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used
- australopithecine
- of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively
- automaton
- someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- begotten
- (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child"
- bobbin
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "rotten" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like asyndeton, australopithecine, automaton create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "rotten" has 2 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.