A putrid smell came up out of the hole in the ground.
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Putrid
//ˈpjuː.tɹɪd//
Synonyms for "putrid" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
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Adjective(7 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σαπρός adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гнил adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- разложен adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Catalan
1 entries- pútrid adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 腐敗的 /腐败的 adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- 腐爛的 /腐烂的 adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Czech
3 entries- hnijící adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- shnilý adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- zkažený adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Dutch
2 entries- rottend adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- verderfelijk adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Finnish
1 entries- mätä adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
French
1 entries- putride adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
German
4 entries- aasig adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- faulig adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- verdorben adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- verfault adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Greek
1 entries- σάπιος adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Hungarian
2 entries- rothadt adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- rothadó adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Ido
2 entries- putranta adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- putrinta adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Japanese
1 entries- 腐敗した adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Latin
1 entries- puter adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Macedonian
2 entries- гнил adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- ра́спаднат adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Māori
4 entries- ero adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- kerakera adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- kōhangohango adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- pirau adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ful adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Polish
1 entries- zgniły adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Portuguese
1 entries- pútrido adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Romanian
1 entries- putred adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Russian
2 entries- гнило́й adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- гнию́щий adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Spanish
3 entries- podrido adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- putrefacto adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
- pútrido adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Thai
1 entries- เน่าเหม็น adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гнили́й adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿױל adj (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The search required little labour, for the putrid dolphin exhaled a strong smell which served to guide him on his way.
Source: tatoeba (6213216)
There's nothing in there but putrid meat.
Source: tatoeba (10455266)
putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
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