putrescent
Americanadjective
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becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
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of or relating to putrefaction.
adjective
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becoming putrid; rotting
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characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
Other Word Forms
- nonputrescence noun
- nonputrescent adjective
- putrescence noun
- putrescency noun
Etymology
Origin of putrescent
1725–35; < Latin putrēscent- (stem of putrēscēns ), present participle of putrēscere to grow rotten
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Verge
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.
From New York Times
The pinkish, putrescent, rurally located lagoons have been a source of concern for decades.
From The New Yorker
But sexism, more intractable than a putrescent infection that turns the dead into monsters, has survived the zombie apocalypse.
From The Guardian
So why haven’t any of these putrescent teams knocked the Sixers off their perch?
From New York Times
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