putrid
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8.3
- adjective
- /ˈpjuːtrɪd/
- Offensive
- - What a putrid thing to do.
Examples
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You'd rather be listening to those putrid new songs?
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Now... let not one of these putrid heathens live.
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Your putrid friend refuses to do so and pays the appropriate price.
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As far as I'm concerned, he was too decent to run in this putrid cesspool.
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I shudder to think what this putrid excuse of a man would have to do or say to actually lose popularity with his horrid.
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I don't care for you or the putrid sludge you're trowelling out.
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The entire system is a putrid, rotten cancer of predator-class ruthlessness, pathological greed, avarice, systemic criminality, and rank evil.
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The putrid behavior of the politician shocked everyone in the community.
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Her putrid attitude towards her colleagues led to a toxic work environment.
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After the scandal broke, his putrid character was revealed to all.
Synonyms
113
4.9
Very bad or offensive in a moral way
48
7.5
Dirty and morally wrong, often involving dishonest or cruel acts
44
7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
44
7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
40
6.5
A person who is dishonest and unpleasant, so others do not trust them
5
8.1
Completely dishonest and morally bad in every part
1
9.9
Having a bad and dishonest character
1
9.9
Causing people to act badly and lose good values
1
9.9
A very wicked and criminal act that shocks people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Corrupt
Surface Forms
Etymology
Putrid was later used to talk about people or actions by using the same root putr-, from putere, 'to stink', as a picture of 'rotten' things. So calling a person or system putrid means it is morally 'rotten' or corrupt.