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Antonyms for putrescent

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pyoo-tres-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : pyuˈtrɛs ənt

Definition of putrescent

Origin :
  • 1732, a back-formation from putrescence, or else from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).
  • As in rancid : adj rotten, strong-smelling
  • As in rank : adj stinking, foul
  • As in rotten : adj decayed, decaying
  • As in unclean : adj dirty
  • As in corrupt : adj adulterated, rotten
  • As in decayed : adj rotten, falling apart
Example sentences :
  • Digger Indians are left to do that when the meat is putrescent.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various
  • They proved to be the lancet which cut the putrescent sore of the rising world.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • But from the putrescent mass of flesh, we salvaged a second jewel from Aptor.
  • Extract from : « The Jewels of Aptor » by Samuel R. Delany
  • The putrescent are composed of decayed, or decaying, vegetable and animal substances.
  • Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
  • The disease so putrescent in its tendencies, had originated in animal putrefaction.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders » by William A. Alcott
  • Parkes says water contaminated with three to ten grains per gallon of putrescent animal matter may be hurtful.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • No manures, either fossil or putrescent, afford any considerable food for plants.
  • Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
  • The amount of putrescent matter may be estimated by the amount of oxygen consumed in destroying it.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • It is probably a more reliable measure of the putrescent matter present than the total organic contamination.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Miasma, mÄ«-az′ma, n. unwholesome exhalations arising from putrescent matter—also Mī′asm:—pl.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Synonyms for putrescent

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