putrefy
verb
1 putrefy
Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell.
Roget 653:
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj.;
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek;
stink
etc.
401;
mold,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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Dutch: rotten
Moby thesaurus: break down, break up, canker, corrupt, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, moulder, necrose, putresce, rankle, rot, sphacelate, spoil, suppurate, taint, turn ... show more.
putrefied
adjective
Roget 653:
dirty,
filthy,
grimy;
unclean,
impure;
soiled
etc.
v.;
not to be handled with kid gloves;
dusty,
snuffy†,
smutty,
sooty,
smoky;
thick,
turbid,
dreggy;
slimy;
mussy [U.S.].
slovenly,
untidy,
messy,
uncleanly.
[of people]
unkempt,
sluttish,
dowdy,
draggle-tailed;
uncombed.
unscoured†,
unswept†,
unwiped†,
unwashed,
unstrained,
unpurified†;
squalid;
lutose†,
slammocky†,
slummocky†,
sozzly†.
nasty,
coarse,
foul,
offensive,
abominable,
beastly,
reeky,
reechy†;
fetid
etc.
401.
[of rotting living matter]
decayed,
moldy,
musty,
mildewed,
rusty,
moth-eaten,
mucid†,
rancid,
weak,
bad,
gone bad,
etercoral†,
lentiginous†,
touched,
fusty,
effete,
reasty†,
rotten,
corrupt,
tainted,
high,
flyblown,
maggoty;
putrid,
putrefactive,
putrescent,
putrefied;
saprogenic,
saprogenous†;
purulent,
carious,
peccant;
fecal,
feculent;
stercoraceous†,
excrementitious†;
scurfy,
scurvy,
impetiginous†;
gory,
bloody;
rotting
etc.
v.;
rotten as a pear,
rotten as cheese.
crapulous
etc.
(intemperate)
954†;
gross
etc.
(impure in mind)
961;
fimetarious†,
fimicolous†.
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Moby thesaurus: bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, festering, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic, peccant, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting, sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated ... show more.
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