Meaning of putrid in English
Classifying Adjective
putridDefinitions
1. having undergone infectionExamples
- « a purulent wound »
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- 2. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
Examples
- « horrible like raw and putrid flesh- Somerset Maugham »
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- 3. offensively malodorous
Examples
- « a putrid smell »
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- 4. morally corrupt or evil
Examples
- « the putrid atmosphere of the court »
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Qualitative Adjective
putridEtymology
late Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere‘to rot’, from puter, putr-‘rotten’Definitions
1. of or relating to or attended by putrefactionExamples
- « putrid decomposition »