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putrid

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pu·trid  (pytrd)
adj.
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten.
2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.
3. Morally rotten; corrupt: "and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love" (Louis Auchincloss).
4. Extremely objectionable; vile.

[Middle English putred, from Old French putride, from Latin putridus, from putrre, to be rotten, from puter, putr-, rotten; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

pu·tridi·ty (-trd-t), putrid·ness (-trd-ns) n.
putrid·ly adv.

putrid [ˈpjuːtrɪd]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of organic matter) in a state of decomposition, usually giving off a foul smell putrid meat
2. morally corrupt or worthless
3. sickening; foul a putrid smell
4. Informal deficient in quality or value a putrid film
[from Latin putridus rotten, from putrēre to be rotten]
putridity , putridness n
putridly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.putrid - of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
2.putrid - in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
3.putrid - morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

putrid
adjective rotten, contaminated, stinking, tainted, off, bad, rank, foul, spoiled, corrupt, rotting, decayed, reeking, decomposed, rancid, fetid, putrefied, olid river banks coated with layers of putrid sludge from untreated waste
clean, fresh, sweet, pure, wholesome, untainted, uncontaminated
Translations
putrid [ˈpjuːtrɪd] ADJ
1. (= rotten) → putrefacto, podrido
2. [stench] → hediondo, pestilente

putrid [ˈpjuːtrɪd] adjputride

putrid
adjverfault; smellfaulig; (fig: = corrupt) → zersetzt; (inf: = horrible) → grässlich, ekelhaft; the rubbish had become putridder Abfall war verfault

putrid [ˈpjuːtrɪd] adjputrido/a
to turn putrid → putrefarsi

putrid
adj putrid [ˈpjuːtrid]
(smelling) rotten putrid fish. vrot, bedorwe عَفِن، نَتِن гнил shnilý, zkažený, páchnoucí rådden verfault χαλασμένος podrido, putrefacto mäda, roiskunud گندیده؛ فاسد mätä pourri רָקוּב भ्रष्ट rothadt busuk rotinn, úldinn putrido, putrefatto 腐った (동물 등이) 썩은, 부패한 sušvinkęs, sugedęs sapuvis; pūstošs; samaitājies reput dan busuk rot stinkende, råtten zgniły podre putred вонючий skazený, zhnitý gnil, pokvarjen pokvaren rutten เน่าเหม็น kok(uş)muş 腐爛的 гнилий; зіпсований سڑا ہوا phân huỷ


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Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt.
At last the city of Jenne, on a large island, came in sight, with the two towers of its clay-built mosque, and the putrid odor of the millions of swallows' nests accumulated in its walls.
And death lurks at every step among rotting dead, for here the fierce apts lair, adding to the putrid accumulation with the fragments of their own prey which they cannot devour.
 
 
 
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