putrid

Meaning

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt.
5. Totally objectionable.

Synonyms

rotten

stinking

decayed

foul

decomposed

smelly

fetid

musty

rancid

festering

corrupt

putrefied

spoiled

purulent

malodorous

moldy

muddy

bad smell

stale

rotting

foul-smelling

noisome

decaying

maggot

miserable

mouldy

nauseous

nauseously

notorious

obscene

odious

pus

putrescent

fly-blown

rank

rotted

septic

sick

🤢

sickening

sluttish

spoilt

squalid

stagnant

tainted

trashy

unblessed

unblest

unprincipled

unsound

villainous

vitiated

wretched

foetid

putrified

wlatsome

odor of carrion

abject

putrid fetid

addle

addled

bad

👎

bastard

beastly

beggarly

blighted

caitiff

carious

corrupted

degenerate

depraved

dicey

disgusting

effete

flesh

🥩

flyblown

forlorn

funky

immoral

loathly

lousy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).