Carrion

Quick meaning: Carrion is a noun meaning Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.

Meaning

Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.

More Meanings

1. Corrupt or horrid matter.
2. Filth, garbage.
3. The flesh of a living human body; also (Christianity), sinful human nature.
4. A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
5. An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
6. A contemptible or worthless person.
7. (chiefly derogatory) Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh.

Example Sentences

Vultures feed on carrion.

Roman fashionable society hated Cæsar, and any carrion was welcome to them which would taint his reputation.

Shy[lock]. My ovvne fleſh and blood to rebell. / Salan[io]. Out vpon it old carrion, rebels it as theſe yeares.

[T]here are melancholy sceptics with a taste for carrion who batten on the hideous facts in history,—persecutions, inquisitions, St. Bartholomew massacres, devilish lives, […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for carrion

Depending on context, synonyms include assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, cipher.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include offal, death, crow, carcass, carcase, carkeys.

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