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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Putrid \Pu"trid\, adjective [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}, adjective]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
putrid
adjective
1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
2: having undergone infection; "a purulent wound" [syn: {infected}, {purulent}, {pussy}]
3: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham [syn: {putrefied}, {putrified}]
4: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: {fetid}, {foetid}, {foul}, {foul-smelling}, {funky}, {noisome}, {smelly}, {stinking}]
5: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "putrid": 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
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