What is another word for putrid?
545 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pjˈuːtɹɪd], [ pjˈuːtɹɪd], [ p_j_ˈuː_t_ɹ_ɪ_d]
Putrid is a word that describes something that is decaying or rotting, emitting a foul odor. Synonyms for putrid include rotten, decomposing, stinky, foul, fetid, rancid, moldy, musty, and noxious. These words are often used to describe a variety of things, such as food, garbage, sewage, and even people with bad hygiene. Putrid is also used to describe something that is morally corrupt or offensive, in which case synonyms may include vile, repugnant, odious, and disgusting. Regardless of the context, putrid and its synonyms convey a strong sense of disgust and disapproval.
Synonyms for Putrid:
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adj.
• dirty • fetid • high • indigestible • musty • noisome • odorous- Perfumatory ,
- Savorous ,
- Scentful ,
- effluvious ,
- odoriferant ,
- olfactive ,
- olfactory ,
- perfumy ,
- skunky ,
- sweet-smelling ,
- tumaceous ,
- honeyed ,
- scent-laden ,
- sweet-scented .
- crummy ,
- defiled ,
- dingy ,
- dirty ,
- disgusting ,
- dusty ,
- festering ,
- foul ,
- grimy ,
- grubby ,
- grungy ,
- icky ,
- impure ,
- infectious ,
- insalubrious ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- murky ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- scatological ,
- scruffy ,
- septic ,
- shabby ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- smutty ,
- sordid ,
- squalid ,
- toxic ,
- unhygenic ,
- unsanitary ,
- untidy .
- de filed ,
- de-filed ,
- more contaminated ,
- more infected ,
- more polluted ,
- more putrescent ,
- most contaminated ,
- most infected ,
- most polluted ,
- most putrescent .
- Perished ,
- de composed ,
- de-composed ,
- more carious ,
- more carrion ,
- more corroded ,
- more decomposed ,
- more gangrenous ,
- more moldered ,
- more overripe ,
- more perished ,
- more putrefied ,
- more riddled ,
- more rotted ,
- most carious ,
- most carrion ,
- most corroded ,
- most decomposed ,
- most gangrenous ,
- most moldered ,
- most overripe ,
- most perished ,
- most putrefied ,
- most riddled ,
- most rotted ,
- over ripe .
- de based ,
- de generate ,
- de graded ,
- de-based ,
- de-generate ,
- de-graded ,
- dirty minded ,
- dirtyminded ,
- dis solute ,
- dis-solute ,
- gone dogs ,
- gone the dogs ,
- gone to dogs ,
- lascivious ,
- more dirty minded ,
- more dirty-minded ,
- more dirtyminded ,
- more evil ,
- more flagitous ,
- more vitiate ,
- more vitiated ,
- more warped ,
- most dirty minded ,
- most dirty-minded ,
- most dirtyminded ,
- most flagitous ,
- most vitiate ,
- most vitiated ,
- most warped ,
- shameless ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un natural ,
- un-healthier ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-natural ,
- warped .
- dis creditable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- in famous ,
- in glorious ,
- in-famous ,
- in-glorious ,
- infamous ,
- more blackguardly ,
- more opprobious ,
- more unrespectable ,
- most blackguardly ,
- most opprobious ,
- most unrespectable ,
- scandalous ,
- un principled ,
- un respectable ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un-principled ,
- un-respectable ,
- un-scrupulous ,
- un-trustworthy .
- be grimed ,
- be-grimed ,
- cruddier ,
- cruddiest ,
- more begrimed ,
- more blackened ,
- more fecal ,
- more feculent ,
- more verminous ,
- most begrimed ,
- most blackened ,
- most fecal ,
- most feculent ,
- most verminous ,
- scummiest ,
- slimier ,
- soilier ,
- soiliest ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un washed ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest ,
- un-washed ,
- uncleanly .
- dis appointing ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- lowquality ,
- more disheartening ,
- more mortifying ,
- more turned ,
- more unrewarding ,
- most disheartening ,
- most mortifying ,
- most turned ,
- most unrewarding ,
- not par ,
- not snuff ,
- not to par ,
- not to snuff ,
- not up par ,
- not up snuff ,
- not up to snuff ,
- sub standard ,
- sub-standard ,
- un rewarding ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un-rewarding ,
- un-satisfactory .
- Pustular ,
- bad smelling ,
- badsmelling ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrating ,
- more bad smelling ,
- more bad-smelling ,
- more badsmelling ,
- more crumbled ,
- more disintegrated ,
- more disintegrating ,
- more festering ,
- more moldering ,
- more purulent ,
- more pustular ,
- more putrified ,
- more smelling ,
- most bad smelling ,
- most bad-smelling ,
- most badsmelling ,
- most crumbled ,
- most disintegrated ,
- most disintegrating ,
- most festering ,
- most moldering ,
- most purulent ,
- most pustular ,
- most putrified ,
- most smelling ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
Other synonyms:
- musty .
Other relevant words:
- Cankered ,
- Decaying ,
- Excrementitious ,
- Festered ,
- Frowy ,
- GUNKY ,
- Gangrened ,
- Graveolent ,
- Impetiginous ,
- Miasmatic ,
- Miasmatical ,
- Mildewed ,
- Mucid ,
- Necrosed ,
- Nidorous ,
- Olid ,
- Ordurous ,
- Putrefying ,
- Reasty ,
- Reechy ,
- Reeky ,
- Saprogenic ,
- Saprogenous ,
- Slabby ,
- Sloshy ,
- Sphacelated ,
- Stenchy ,
- Stercoraceous ,
- Suppurating ,
- abominable ,
- acrid ,
- addle ,
- addled ,
- adulterated ,
- aged ,
- ancient ,
- antediluvian ,
- appalling ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- bad-smelling ,
- barfy ,
- better ,
- bilgy ,
- bloody ,
- bum ,
- carious ,
- carrion ,
- cheesy ,
- contaminated ,
- corrupt ,
- corrupted ,
- crappy ,
- creepy ,
- cruddy ,
- crumby ,
- damp ,
- decay ,
- decomposed ,
- decomposing ,
- degenerate ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- disagreeable ,
- distasteful ,
- dreadful ,
- effete ,
- evil ,
- evil-smelling ,
- faecal ,
- fecal ,
- feculent ,
- flagitious ,
- flat ,
- fly-blown ,
- flyblown ,
- foetid ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fouled ,
- frowsty ,
- fulsome ,
- funky ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- gangrenous ,
- gloppy ,
- godawful ,
- gone bad ,
- gory ,
- grim ,
- gross ,
- hairy ,
- high ,
- horrible ,
- ill ,
- ill-smelling ,
- immobile ,
- insanitary ,
- lentiginous ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- lousy ,
- maggoty ,
- mean ,
- mephitic ,
- miasmal ,
- mildewy ,
- moldered ,
- mortified ,
- moth-eaten ,
- motionless ,
- mouldering ,
- mouldy ,
- nasty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- necrotic ,
- nefarious ,
- noisome ,
- obnoxious ,
- odoriferous ,
- off ,
- old fashioned ,
- outdated ,
- overripe ,
- peccant ,
- perverse ,
- pestilential ,
- polluted ,
- pongy ,
- pungent ,
- punk ,
- purulent ,
- pussy ,
- putrefacient ,
- putrefactive ,
- putrefied ,
- putrescent ,
- putrescing ,
- putrified ,
- quiet ,
- rankle ,
- reasy ,
- repellent ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- revolting ,
- ripe ,
- rotted ,
- rotten ,
- rotting ,
- rusty ,
- scabby ,
- scummy ,
- scurfy ,
- scurvy ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- shitty ,
- shrieky ,
- shrilly ,
- slimy ,
- sludgy ,
- sluggish ,
- slummy ,
- slushy ,
- smelling ,
- snide ,
- soiled ,
- sour ,
- soured ,
- spoiled ,
- spoilt ,
- stale ,
- standing ,
- still ,
- stinky ,
- strong ,
- stuffy ,
- sullied ,
- suppurative ,
- taste ,
- thrive ,
- touched ,
- treble ,
- turned ,
- ulcerated ,
- unhealthy ,
- unmoving ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unsavoury ,
- unsound ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unused ,
- very bad ,
- vicious ,
- vile ,
- villainous ,
- weak ,
- whiffy ,
- wormy ,
- wretched ,
- yecchy ,
- yucky .
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How to use "Putrid" in context?
Putrid is a word that is used to describe something that is disgusting, vile, and polluting. It is often used in the context of illness or death, as something that is very bad or debilitating. Putrid smell is also a common descriptor for something unpleasant.
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