Synonyms for putrid
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Vile, disgusting.
Related words
- Word family
- putridness
- Phrases
- putrid fever
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Putrefy and the adjectives putrid and putrescent, and the nouns putridity and putrescence, are used almost exclusively of animal matter in a state of decomposition, the more general word decay being used of either animal or vegetable substances.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- offensive The US staged a land offensive on Iraq from Kuwait.
- stinking The car is stinking. Have you been sleeping in it?
- decayed The dentist pulled out my decayed tooth by force.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| putrid | rising | |
| offensive | steady | |
| stinking | rising | |
| decayed | falling | |
| malodorous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- base1, punk1, foul1, vile1
- 5 letters
- lousy2, fetid2
- 6 letters
- rotten2, scummy
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, decayed2, carious
- 8 letters
- stinking2
- 9 letters
- offensive3
- 10 letters
- malodorous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- putride
- Español
- putrefacto