Dictionary

putrid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpju.tɹəd/ (General-American)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridusder. Old French putridebor. ▲ Latin putridusbor. Middle English English putrid From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).

Meanings

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
   • […]vast quantities of putrid whale flesh were blasted into the sky 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:
   • Quake guzzell dogs, that live on putrid slime. 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
   • putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
   • putrid smell; putrid odor
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt.
5. Totally objectionable.

Forms

Deriveds

putridly · putrid fever · putrid sore throat · unputrid · semiputrid · putridness

Relateds

foul · odor · rotten

Synonyms

malodorous

Translations (49)

cmn 腐爛的 /腐烂的 (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi piro (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · ru гнило́й (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mk гнил (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi kōhangohango (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · grc σαπρός (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · it putrido (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · io putranta (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · es putrefacto (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi kerakera (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mk ра́спаднат (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · nl rottend (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · oc poirit (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi ero (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · de aasig (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · uk гнили́й (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · de verdorben (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · es pútrido (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · fr putride (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · yi פֿױל (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · de verfault (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · fi mätä (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · nl verderfelijk (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · eo putra (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · hu rothadt (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · pt pútrido (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · ru гнию́щий (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · pdt ful (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · ro putred (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · bg гнил (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · cmn 腐敗的 /腐败的 (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · de faulig (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · ja 腐敗した (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · es podrido (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · hu rothadó (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · io putrinta (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · cs hnijící (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · th เน่าเหม็น (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · cs zkažený (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · cs shnilý (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · pl zgniły (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · de übelriechend (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi pirau (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · mi pīhonga (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · bg разложен (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · el σάπιος (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · la puter (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) · ca pútrid (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)