Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: putrid
IPA transcription: [pj'utɹɪd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: putrid
    Meaning: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
  • Synonyms: putrid
    Meaning: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
  • Synonyms: putrid
    Meaning: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
Usage examples
  • The faint moonlight shewed an ample tract of deck, invisible in most parts under rolled beds of putrid seaweed, and no bodies, and nothing but a concave, large esplanade of seaweed.