Thesaurus: putrid

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1. a. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
2. a. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
3. adj. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
4. adj. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
5. adj. morally corrupt or evil
6. 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.
7. j:100 a. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction s. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor s. morally corrupt or evil