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View synonyms for putrescent

putrescent

[ pyoo-tres-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
  2. of or relating to putrefaction.


putrescent

/ pjuːˈtrɛsənt /

adjective

  1. becoming putrid; rotting
  2. characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
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Derived Forms

  • puˈtrescence, noun
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Other Words From

  • pu·trescence pu·trescen·cy noun
  • nonpu·trescence noun
  • nonpu·trescent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of putrescent1

1725–35; < Latin putrēscent- (stem of putrēscēns ), present participle of putrēscere to grow rotten
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Word History and Origins

Origin of putrescent1

C18: from Latin putrescere to become rotten
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Example Sentences

The idea has risen like cheap champagne in the putrescent bowels of the Republicans.

From Salon

Because it is a putrescent pile of racist myths and cliches.

This cheery facade was always rotten, red meat for investors propped up by a trembling skeleton of venture capital, but now it is absolutely putrescent.

As with all our monsters, zombies rise so that the living can either also fall or find some kind of salvation by surviving, fighting and obliterating these putrescent threats.

The pinkish, putrescent, rurally located lagoons have been a source of concern for decades.

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