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Putrid definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PU'TRID, a. [L.putridus, from putris, putreo.]
1. In a state of dissolution or disorganization, as animal and vegetable bodies; corrupt; rotten; as putrid flesh. Indicating a state of dissolution; tending to disorganize the substances composing the body; malignant; as a putrid fever.
2. Proceeding from putrefaction or pertaining to it; as a putrid scent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
2: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
3: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin putridus, from putr?re to be rotten, from puter, putris rotten; akin to Latin put?re to stink — more at foul Date: 1542 1. a. being in a state of putrefaction ; rotten b. of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction ; foul <a putrid odor> 2. a. morally corrupt b. totally objectionable Synonyms: see malodorous • putridity noun • putridly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 decomposed, rotten. 2 foul, noxious. 3 corrupt. 4 sl. of poor quality; contemptible; very unpleasant. Derivatives: putridity n. putridly adv. putridness n. Etymology: L putridus f. putrere to rot f. puter putris rotten

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sore Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf. Sorry.] 1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. 2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson. 3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak. 4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak. Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche. Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Putrid 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is putrid has decayed and smells very unpleasant. (FORMAL) ...a foul, putrid stench. = rotten ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Decomposed, rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, stinking.

Moby Thesaurus

bad, bad-smelling, barfy, bum, cankered, carious, cheesy, corrupt, crappy, creepy, crummy, decayed, decaying, decomposed, decomposing, degenerate, depraved, dirty, disgusting, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, filthy, flagitious, flyblown, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, gangrened, gangrenous, gloppy, godawful, gone bad, goshawful, graveolent, grim, gunky, hairy, high, icky, ill-smelling, maggoty, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, mortified, mouldy, mucky, musty, nasty, nauseating, necrosed, necrotic, nefarious, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odious, odorous, offensive, olid, ordurous, peccant, perverse, puky, punk, putrefied, putrescent, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rotten, rotting, scabby, scummy, scurfy, shitty, slabby, slimy, sloppy, sloshy, sludgy, slushy, smellful, smelling, smelly, sphacelated, spoiled, spoilt, sposhy, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, suppurating, suppurative, tainted, ulcerated, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, vomity, wormy, yecchy