putrid
putrid is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrid
- acridity
- act
- acute
- animal
- assafoetida
- astringency
- astringent
- bad
- bite
- biting
- bitter
- bloodhound
- effluvium
- emanation
- empyreuma
- empyreumatic
- essence
- exhalation
- exhale
- fetid
- fetor
- fitchet
- fitchew
- foul
- foulness
- fragrance
- frouzy
- fulsome
- fume
- fungus
- fusty
- garlic
- gas
- give
- graveolent
- harsh
- have
- high
- hound
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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