Dictionary Entry
putrid
putrid is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
- 2adjective
Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
- 3adjective
morally corrupt or evil
"the putrid atmosphere of the court"
- 4adjective
in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor- Somerset Maugham
"horrible like raw and putrid flesh"
- 5adjective
of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
"putrid decomposition"
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