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What is the adjective for putrefactive?

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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
  1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
  3. Vile, disgusting.
  4. morally corrupt
  5. totally objectionable
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “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
  1. (dated) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
putrescible
  1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “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
putrefactive
  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “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
  1. becoming putrid; putrefying
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “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
putrifacted
  1. (obsolete) putrefied
putry
  1. (obsolete) putrid
putridest
  1. superlative form of putrid: most putrid
putrefied
putrefying
putrified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of putrify
putrifying
  1. present participle of putrify
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