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septic
adjective
1 septic
Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms:
— A septic sore throat.
— A septic environment.
— Septic sewage.
synonym: infected.
Roget 657:
insalubrious;
unhealthy,
unwholesome;
noxious,
noisome;
morbific†,
morbiferous†;
mephitic,
septic,
azotic†,
deleterious;
pestilent,
pestiferous,
pestilential;
virulent,
venomous,
envenomed;
poisonous,
toxic,
toxiferous†,
teratogenic;
narcotic.
contagious,
infectious,
catching,
taking,
epidemic,
zymotic†;
epizootic.
innutritious†,
indigestible,
ungenial;
uncongenial
etc.
(disagreeing)
24.
deadly
etc.
(killing)
361.
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Dutch: geïnfecteerd
2 septic
Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction.
Moby thesaurus: bad, bad for, cankered, contaminated, diseased, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic, saprogenous, saprophilous, saprophytic, sphacelated, tainted, ulcerated, ulcerous, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome ... show more.
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