Synonyms for putrescence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pyoo-tres-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : pyuˈtrɛs ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for putrescence Other synonyms for the word putrescence
- crumbling
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrefaction
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
Définition of putrescence
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).
- noun decay
- He never soiled his pen in the putrescence of falsehood and incendiarism.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- An ignis fatuus, perhaps; a Jack-o'-lanthorn begotten of putrescence.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- The air was full of putrescence and the strong odour of foul mud.
- Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson
- The waysides were strewn with dead bodies in every state of putrescence.
- Extract from : « Heroines of the Crusades » by C. A. Bloss
- The next indication is, to counteract the tendency to putrescence.
- Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
- What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
- Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
- You would not have me for fear of pain perish in putrescence.
- Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Boswell
- Miss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- Where there is danger of putrescence, add a small quantity of powdered charcoal.
- Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
- The adults discovered in the company of their larval family, in this putrescence which was a Rat, are all abominably verminous.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
Antonyms for putrescence
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