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putrescent
adjective as in corrupt
adjective as in decayed
adjective as in rancid
adjective as in rank
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in unclean
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They smell sweetly putrescent, like a forgotten gym towel in a hot car.
An impossible scheme of reconstruction was trailing its slow, putrescent length along.
I have twice given water saturated with fixed air in a fever of the putrescent kind, and it agreed very well with the patients.
And off what are those two ravens rising, stirring up with their obscene wings a sickly, putrescent odour?
Pyrolignous acid possesses, in a very eminent degree, anti-putrescent properties.
Many are very large and ponderous; fleshy and putrescent, decaying soon after maturity.
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On this page you'll find 278 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to putrescent, such as: altered, contaminated, decayed, defiled, distorted, and doctored.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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