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She also devastates a corner so putrid-looking, it resembles Dijon mustard tie-dye.

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They forced turnovers but not misses from their opponents, and their rebounding was putrid on both ends of the floor.

They have putrid California grapes for eyes, puffed-out cheeks of spoiled plums, sweltered eggplant lips.

“The article appears to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance,” noted the official report form.

In the latest CBS/NYT poll, the GOP had a putrid 31 percent approval rating, its lowest ever recorded.

The instant she'd opened him up, she detected the putrid, pungent smell of booze as it breaks down in the body.

On crossing it for the first time, I perceived lying about me half putrid cats and dogs—and even a mule in the same state.

The putrid flesh came away with the garments, but the drunkards never heeded.

Again, we will pass through stinking sewers, up to our elbows in putrid filth.

The most delicate birds, even grouse, may be kept this way, if not putrid.

Their bodies, when putrid, floated down the stream, and many in all probability were deposited in the estuary of the Plata.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to putrid, such as: contaminated, fetid, rancid, rotting, bad, and corrupt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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