'Putrefied' definitions:
Definition of 'Putrefied'
From: GCIDE
- Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying.] [F. putr['e]fier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See Putrid, and -fy.]
- 1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To corrupt; to make foul. [1913 Webster]
- Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'putrefied'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- cankered,
- carious,
- corrupt,
- decayed,
- decomposed,
- festering,
- foul,
- gangrened,
- gangrenous,
- gone bad,
- mortified,
- necrosed,
- necrotic,
- peccant,
- putrescent,
- putrid,
- rotten,
- rotting,
- sphacelated,
- spoiled,
- suppurating,
- suppurative,
- ulcerated