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Putrid

Putrid Meaning & Definition
Putrid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Putrid?

[adj] morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
[adj] offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
[adj] in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
[adj] of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
[adj] having undergone infection; "festering sores"; "an infected wound"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Putrid: corrupt | festering | fetid | foetid | foul | foul-smelling | funky | infected | malodorous | noisome | purulent | pussy | putrefied | putrified | rotten | septic | smelly | stinking

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Putrid In Webster's Dictionary

\Pu"trid\, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See {Pus}, {Foul}, a.] 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See {Putrefaction}. 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. {Putrid fever} (Med.), typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body. {Putrid sore throat} (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.

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