putridity

1 9.9

Rotten smell and decay of dead animals or plants

noun
/pjuːˈtrɪdəti/

: putridez

And every time I've gone against them, they've hooked me up with their putridity.

Like in this time of impending doom and wretchedness and it just putridity.

Examples

After several days in the heat, the putridity of the garbage became unbearable.
Florence Nightingale placed this belief in the putridity of "stagnant air" at the center of her rules.

Academic text (2007)
The putridity of the rotting food made it unsafe to eat.
The putridity of the water in the abandoned pond was a serious health hazard.

Synonyms

rottenness

vsputridity

3 4.6

A state when food or wood goes bad

emphasizes foul smell and severe organic decay

putrefaction

vsputridity

Specialized

3 8.9

The rotting of dead plants or animals that makes a bad smell

focuses on the condition rather than the active breakdown

putrescence

vsputridity

Specialized

1 9.9

A state of rotting that gives a bad smell

describes the state rather than the ongoing process

putridness

vsputridity

1 8.2

A strong bad smell from rotting things

is the same meaning but uses a different noun form

rancidity

vsputridity

Specialized

1 8.1

A bad smell or taste in food when fats go bad

applies to decay broadly, not only fats or oils

rancidness

vsputridity

7.6

A strong unpleasant smell and taste from old fats like butter

is wider, covering general rotting beyond fat decomposition

pestilential smell

vsputridity

Literature

9.4

A very strong bad air that makes you think of rotting things or disease

describes the general quality of decay rather than only the smell

Antonyms

purity

25 3.1

The state of having no dirt or other things mixed in

freshness

15 1.0

The state of being new and clean, not stale or spoiled

How Putrid

putridity

1 9.9

rottenness

3 4.6

to decay

37 4.4

staleness

1 3.9

freshness

15 1.0

Surface Forms

putridity singular

putridities plural

Morphology

putridity = putrid (transparent) = putrid + ity

Formed by the standard noun-forming suffix '-ity' from the adjective 'putrid', meaning 'the state or quality of being putrid'.

Etymology

Putridity comes from the Latin root putr- meaning 'rot' and is like the words putrid and putrefy. So, putridity means the quality of being 'rotten' or in foul decay.