Synonyms for putrescent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pyoo-tres-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : pyuˈtrɛs ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for putrescent Other synonyms for the word putrescent
- altered
- bad
- bad-smelling
- bedraggled
- befouled
- besmirched
- black
- blurred
- carious
- carrion
- common
- corroded
- crumbled
- crumbling
- curdled
- dank
- decayed
- decomposed
- decomposing
- defiled
- desecrated
- disgusting
- disintegrated
- disintegrating
- distorted
- doctored
- dusty
- effete
- evil
- evil-smelling
- falsified
- fecal
- feculent
- festering
- filthy
- foul
- frowzy
- funky
- fusty
- gamy
- gangrenous
- graveolent
- grimy
- gross
- high
- humid
- impure
- infected
- loathsome
- loud
- malodorous
- mephitic
- messy
- moldered
- moldering
- muddy
- nasty
- nauseating
- nidorous
- noisome
- noxious
- obnoxious
- off
- offensive
- olid
- perished
- profaned
- pungent
- purulent
- pustular
- putrefactive
- putrefied
- putrescent
- putrified
- rancid
- rank
- reeking
- reeky
- repulsive
- revolting
- riddled
- rotted
- rotten
- rotting
- ruined
- sharp
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smeared
- smelling
- smelly
- smudged
- soiled
- sooty
- sordid
- sour
- soured
- spoiled
- spotted
- squalid
- stable
- stained
- stale
- stinking
- strong
- strong-smelling
- sullied
- tainted
- tarnished
- touched
- turned
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unsound
- vile
- wasted
- whiffy
- withered
Définition 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
- 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, mī-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
Antonyms for putrescent
- aromatic
- clean
- decent
- developing
- flourishing
- fresh
- germinating
- good
- growing
- helpful
- high
- honest
- honorable
- hygienic
- improving
- indefinite
- kind
- moral
- new
- nice
- noble
- perfumed
- pleasant
- pleasing
- principled
- pure
- purified
- rare
- ripening
- scarce
- sound
- sparse
- superior
- sweet
- trustworthy
- truthful
- uncontaminated
- uncorrupt
- undecayed
- unpolluted
- upright
- wholesome
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019