as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown
the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway
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Recent Examples of putrid
Two of the city’s most prominent sports decision-makers, trying to tug their Broncos to the same heights these Nuggets have reached in recent years, were treated to some of the most putrid basketball anyone inside Ball Arena could’ve possibly imagined.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
The Wolves scored just 88 points to open the Western Conference semifinals, just 31 in a putrid first-half showing.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
The result is a gaping ulcer writhing with maggots, which attracts yet more adult female screwworms that can lay hundreds more eggs, deepening the putrid, festering lesion.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
The loss stung — and a putrid power play had Bedard slamming his stick on the ice after a couple of Colorado clears — but the mood remains upbeat with the youth infusion.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
The Wolves scored just 88 points to open the Western Conference semifinals, just 31 in a putrid first-half showing.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
The result is a gaping ulcer writhing with maggots, which attracts yet more adult female screwworms that can lay hundreds more eggs, deepening the putrid, festering lesion.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
The loss stung — and a putrid power play had Bedard slamming his stick on the ice after a couple of Colorado clears — but the mood remains upbeat with the youth infusion.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for putrid
rotten
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On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay resembling rotten eggs.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Not only was President Joe Biden in serious decline, Karine Jean-Pierre — celebrated in numerous fawning media profiles — was a rotten White House press secretary.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
6 June 2025
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“Putrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putrid. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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