putrid

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  1. adjective Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten.
  2. adjective Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.
  3. adjective Morally rotten; corrupt: "and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love” (Louis Auchincloss).
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  • As the putrid, rancid, piercing odor suddenly filled the air, Zeke rubbed his muzzle on the ground and rolled over several times to escape the overwhelming eye-burning, stomach-turning skunk smell.
  • In an effort to obtain the precise word to describe this abomination of modern mainstream filmmaking, I looked up "putrid" in a thesaurus. —  Weekly Dig - Humor, News + Nightlife
  • Because we are racist cowards who still prefer the natives to be "out there", that refugees and other brown people don't come and that we reserve the right never to actually have to be responsible for our putrid treatment of minority groups by actually adhering to our own laws let alone the world's. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • Offering views of San Francisco's charming (or putrid, depending on the nose of the beholder) houseboats, plus proximity to the ballpark and various pharmaceutical companies, 255 Berry St. will be reviled for becoming the bland new face of the city, yet thanked for filling in a decrepit dirt lot. —  Curbed SF
  • The putrid, stinking hypocrisy of the Left that has whined for women candidates endlessly yet turns their back on Palin. —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English putred, from Old French putride, from Latin putridus, from putrēre, to be rotten, from puter, putr-, rotten; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French putride = Spanish pūtrido = Portuguese Italian putrido, from Latin putridus, rotten, corrupt, from putrere, be rotten, putris, rotten; cf. putere, be rotten, Irish putar, stinking, Latin pus, matter, etc.: see putid and pus.
 

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