putrid

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Rotting, rotten, putrefying. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat

2. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction; especially, having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.

   a putrid sore; putrid odor

3. adjective Vile, disgusting.
4. adjective Morally corrupt.
5. adjective Totally objectionable (Can we add an example for this sense? (Is it different from "vile, disgusting"?)).

Similar words

foul rotten foetid fetid noisome stinking smelly foul-smelling malodorous funky

Often followed by

and fever matter smell flesh odor meat water or

Word family

putridities putridity putridly