Definition for Putrefaction:

• The earlier stages of decomposition in which the anaerobic bacteria reduce the albuminous substances to offensive by-products and gases. [ Lat.]

Synonyms for Putrefaction:

• n.

  •
  • better,
  • sabotage,
  • havoc,
  • ruin,
  • the ravages of something,
  • destruction,
  • breakdown,
  • harm,
  • damage,
  • thrive,
  • devastation,
  • demolition.
  •corruption (noun)
  • de basement,
  • de-basements,
  • de basements,
  • rottennesses,
  • de-basement,
  • noxiousnesses,
  • doctorings.
  •decay (noun)
  • deterioration,
  • decrease,
  • fading,
  • dying,
  • consumption,
  • mortification,
  • atrophy,
  • rust,
  • failing,
  • senescence,
  • wasting,
  • downfall,
  • disrepair,
  • corrosion,
  • impairment,
  • degeneracy,
  • dilapidation,
  • decrepitude,
  • ruination,
  • Crumbling,
  • degeneration,
  • dissolution,
  • decline,
  • depreciation,
  • decadence,
  • withering,
  • adulteration,
  • Perishing,
  • blight,
  • extinction.
  •decomposition (noun)
  • de compositions,
  • de-compositions,
  • atomizations,
  • de-composition,
  • de composition.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • retrogression.
  •disintegration (noun)
  • dissection,
  • chaos.
  •fetor (noun)
  • halitosis,
  • smell,
  • mephitis,
  • malodorousness,
  • fetor,
  • stench,
  • stink,
  • effluvium,
  • miasma.
  •filth (noun)
  • smut,
  • ordure,
  • Feculence,
  • sleaze,
  • foul matter,
  • sleazes.
  •state (noun)
  • putrefaction.
  •vulgarism (noun)
  • vulgarism.

• Other synonyms:

  •corruption
  • necrosis.

Antonyms for Putrefaction:

• n.

  • decay
    betterment, development, combination, construction, rise, growth, improvement, increase, ascent, building, morality.

Putrefaction Sentence Examples:

• Otherwise, whatever it be, it will soon tend to putrefaction, and become injurious and loathsome.

• The relates to creature; creature is the subject of possesses; possesses, which is qualified by not, governs vitality; vitality is qualified by sufficient; sufficient is the prior term of to; to governs preserve; preserve governs it, and is the prior term of from; and from governs putrefaction.

Hypernym for Putrefaction:

• n.

  • state
    putrescence, corruption, putridness, rottenness.

Hyponym for Putrefaction:

• n.

  • state
    decay.