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.

  •
  • breakdown,
  • devastation,
  • demolition,
  • destruction,
  • thrive,
  • harm,
  • havoc,
  • ruin,
  • better,
  • damage,
  • sabotage.
  •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.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • retrogression.
  •disintegration (noun)
  • dissection,
  • chaos.
  •fetor (noun)
  • halitosis,
  • smell,
  • mephitis,
  • malodorousness,
  • fetor,
  • stench,
  • stink,
  • effluvium,
  • miasma.
  •filth (noun)
  • foul matter,
  • ordure.

• Other synonyms:

  •corruption
  • necrosis.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hogwash,
  • gunge,
  • crud,
  • mould,
  • Soiliness,
  • manure,
  • collapse,
  • decadency,
  • Tainture,
  • offal,
  • bribery,
  • dirt,
  • Defoedation,
  • droppings,
  • dung,
  • bunkum,
  • slime,
  • rankness,
  • Rubigo,
  • effluent,
  • faeces,
  • grunge,
  • refuse,
  • excreta,
  • Rancidity,
  • Leavings,
  • mildew,
  • carrion,
  • leaven,
  • Rancidness,
  • bunk,
  • taint,
  • defilement,
  • Depravation,
  • dogshit,
  • bull,
  • deprivation,
  • muck,
  • guff,
  • decomposition reaction,
  • filthiness,
  • shit,
  • slough,
  • wickedness,
  • Sullage,
  • abomination,
  • must,
  • soilure,
  • Sphacelation,
  • vector decomposition,
  • debasement,
  • festering,
  • garbage,
  • crap,
  • corruptness,
  • sewage,
  • rubbish,
  • excrement,
  • mucor,
  • contamination,
  • guano,
  • soil,
  • trash,
  • sewerage,
  • sludge,
  • impurity,
  • foulness,
  • mold,
  • depravity,
  • horseshit,
  • turpitude,
  • moldiness,
  • tooth decay,
  • sphacelus,
  • vulgarism,
  • buncombe,
  • bullshit,
  • subversion.

Antonyms for Putrefaction:

• n.

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

Hypernym for Putrefaction:

• n.

  • state
    putrescence, corruption, putridness, rottenness.

Hyponym for Putrefaction:

• n.

  • state
    decay.