putrid
adjective
[ ˈpjuːtrɪd ]
• (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.
• "a butcher who sold putrid meat"
Similar:
decomposing,
decomposed,
decaying,
decayed,
rotting,
rotten,
bad,
off,
putrefied,
putrescent,
rancid,
mouldy,
spoilt,
foul,
fetid,
stinking,
rank,
putrefacient,
putrefactive,
olid,
• very unpleasant; repulsive.
• "the cocktail is a putrid pink colour"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere ‘to rot’, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.
