putrid
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From Latin putridus (“‘rotten, decayed’”), from pūtreō (“‘I am rotten or putrid’”), from puter (“‘rotten, decaying, putrid’”).
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putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)
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- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of a rotten flesh.
- Vile, disgusting.
- morally corrupt
- totally objectionable
