Usually means: Decaying, foul-smelling; extremely unpleasant.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word putrid:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. putrid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. putrid: Merriam-Webster
  3. putrid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. putrid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. putrid: Collins English Dictionary
  6. putrid: Vocabulary.com
  7. Putrid, putrid: Wordnik
  8. putrid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. putrid: Wiktionary
  10. putrid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. putrid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. putrid: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. putrid: Dictionary.com
  14. putrid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. putrid: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Putrid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Putrid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. putrid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. putrid: Rhymezone
  20. putrid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. putrid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. putrid: FreeDictionary.org
  23. putrid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. putrid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. putrid: Legal dictionary

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  1. putrid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. putrid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. putrid: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Putrid: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See putridity as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
adjective:  Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
adjective:  Vile, disgusting.
adjective:  Morally corrupt.
adjective:  Totally objectionable.

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