rotten vs smelly

rotten

adj
  • Bad or terrible. 

  • Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state. 

  • very drunk, intoxicated 

  • Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. 

  • In a state of decay. 

  • Cruel, mean or immoral. 

adv
  • To an extreme degree. 

smelly

adj
  • Having a bad smell. 

  • Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell. 

  • Having a quality that arouses suspicion. 

noun
  • a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives. 

How often have the words rotten and smelly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )