Putrefy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Putrefy is a verb meaning To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
Meaning
To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
More Meanings
- To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
- To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
- To become gangrenous.
- To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
- To corrupt; to make foul.
Example Sentences
to putrefy an ulcer or wound
Private suits do putrefy the public good.
They would but stink, and putrefy the air.
In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.
Word Forms
- putrefies
- putrefying
- putrefied
- putrify
Synonyms for putrefy
Depending on context, synonyms include decay, fester, rot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include taint, muddy, etiolate, reek, sickly, woodify.
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