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What is the adjective for putrified?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs putrefy and putrify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

putrid

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
Vile, disgusting.
morally corrupt
totally objectionable
Synonyms:

bad, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, rotten, foetid, fetid, foul, off, olid, rancid, rank, rotting, spoiled, stinking, addled, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, decaying, decomposing, festy, mouldy, putrescent, reeking, spoilt, tainted, high, malodorous, mouldered, moldered, moldy, nidorous, noisome, putrefacient, putrefactive, smelly, strong, whiffy, festering, stale, sour, mouldering, moldering, infected, putrefying, perished, rotted, turned, flyblown … more

Examples:

“She covered her face, coughing until she could taste yesterday's putrid cocktail on her tongue.”

“She squeezed her eyes tightly, unable to bear the thought of her eyes coming in contact with the putrid water which engulfed her.”

“However, the putrid coffee poured out of industrial Thermoses made me feel like I had just attended some sort of wretched business conference.”

putredinous

(dated) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

putrescible

Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
Synonyms:

perishable, biodegradable, decomposable, decayable, putrefiable, spoilable, liable to rot

Examples:

“The availability of canteen meals reduced the amount of vegetable and putrescible matter in the dustbin.”

“Tipping rights are the right to bring on to the land what I think is described as putrescible waste.”

“However, what we do with our putrescible waste, and special waste comprising everyday household materials remains unanswered.”

putrefacient

Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction
Synonyms:

decaying, putrid, rotten, rotting, decomposing, rancid, rank, decomposed, foetid, fetid, spoiled, stinking, festering, bad, putrescent, off, spoilt, smelly, mouldy, moldy, putrefying, mouldering, perished, crumbling, disintegrating, flyblown, wormy, moldering, maggoty, spoiling, gangrenous, worm-eaten, wasting away, putrefactive, decayed, putrefied, foul, reeking, olid, tainted, malodorous, contaminated, corrupt, whiffy, festy, addled, nidorous, moldered, noisome, mouldered … more

putrefactive

Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction
Synonyms:

septic, infected, festering, suppurating, putrid, diseased, purulent, poisoned, putrefying, inflamed, toxic, gangrenous, angry, hot, red, swollen, pus-filled, decomposing, decaying, rotting, putrescent, putrefacient, going off, going bad, necrotic, festered, sick, weeping, gathering, ulcerated, maturating, infested, bad, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, rotten, foetid, fetid, foul, off, olid, rancid, rank, spoiled, stinking, addled, contaminated … more

Examples:

“Lactic acid-producing bacteria were thought to inhibit the growth of putrefactive bacteria in the intestines.”

“The amyloid material is remarkable for its power to resist the action of chemical agents and putrefactive decomposition.”

“These micro-organisms prevent the development of putrefactive bacteria in intestinal diseases.”

putrescent

becoming putrid; putrefying
Synonyms:

decomposing, decaying, rotting, festering, putrefying, putrefacient, putrefactive, going bad, going off, putrid, rotten, rancid, rank, fetid, mouldy, moldy, decayed, bad, stinking, decomposed, spoiled, foetid, off, spoilt, tainted, smelly, stale, putrefied, mouldering, foul, festy, moldering, sour, flyblown, contaminated, maggoty, worm-eaten, noxious, noisome, turned, infected, perished, addled, wormy, gangrenous, reeking, olid, corrupt, polluted, feculent … more

Examples:

“Thus it is that one often comes across a line of startling beauty and brilliance in an otherwise putrescent poem or page of prose.”

“Dismantle, annihilate and devastate the whole swelling, putrescent edifice of surfing once and for all.”

“Within these putrescent pools, black pycniospores fuse to form hyphae growing toward the opposite leaf surface.”

putrefiable

Capable of being putrefied.
Synonyms:

perishable, biodegradable, decomposable, decayable, putrescible, spoilable, liable to rot

putrifacted

(obsolete) putrefied

putry

(obsolete) putrid

putridest

superlative form of putrid: most putrid

putrefied

simple past tense and past participle of putrefy
Synonyms:

Examples:

“In this case, bad breath is actually the smell of putrefied food and bacterial waste in the gastrointestinal tract.”

putrefying

present participle of putrefy
Synonyms:

putrified

simple past tense and past participle of putrify

putrifying

present participle of putrify

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