Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten.
- adjective Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.
- adjective Morally rotten; corrupt.
- adjective Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a state of decay or putrefaction; exhibiting putrefaction; corrupt; fetid from rottenness; stinking: said of animal and vegetable bodies: as putrid flesh.
- Indicating a state of putrefaction; proceeding from or pertaining to putrefaction: as, a putrid scent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter. See
putrefaction . - adjective Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter.
- adjective (Med.) typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
- adjective (Med.) a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Rotting ,rotten , being in astate ofputrefaction . - adjective of, relating to, or
characteristic ofputrefaction , especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh. - adjective
Vile ,disgusting . - adjective morally
corrupt - adjective totally
objectionable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective morally corrupt or evil
- adjective of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
- adjective in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And when we tried to cheer him up with the prospect of a second Waterloo, the Waterloo that all the war-correspondents said was coming off next week, he refused to listen to what he called our putrid gabble.
The Belfry May Sinclair 1904
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Joe had NO right to jabber about morality since he has NONE, and his support for the Iraq occupation fiasco is plain putrid, as well as his defense of the vile Bush Regime, so Sen. Clinton helping him is strange!
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Lol post 59 that letter from Verizon is plain putrid!
Think Progress » Telco Liability: Falkenrath Gets It Wrong 2006
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How did the richest country on Earth end up watching children cry for food in putrid encampments on the evening news?
09/13/2005 2005
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The air inside became putrid from the odors that accompanied the abnormal body functions associated with dysentery and the urine-soaked clothes the men were wearing.
Chapter 4: The March 1996
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This dangerous disease is sometimes called putrid or ulcerous sore throat.
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And the women said about 50 percent of men who had gonorrhea had sweat that smelled "putrid," whereas only 32 percent of the healthy men were described as putrid.
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Mr Rosewarne described Paremoremo as "putrid" - the worst he had visited in Australia,
unknown title 2009
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Is it not from hence that have come forth Marcions and Valentinuses and the detestable heresy of the Manicheans which you may, without going far wrong, call the putrid humor of the churches?
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Grenville Kleiser 1910
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One of my earliest recollections was to follow mother with my brothers and sisters, each child carrying a plate filled with food from the table for the convalescents, and, although at this day contagious diseases are so carefully avoided, I can remember going fearlessly in and out of the cabins, carrying dainty dishes to many little ones who were suffering with what they then called putrid sore throat.
Old plantation days : being recollections of southern life before the Civil War, Nancy Bostick 1909
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