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单词 putrefies
释义

putrefy

verb

pu·​tre·​fy ˈpyü-trə-ˌfī How to pronounce putrefy (audio)
putrefied; putrefying

transitive verb

: to make putrid

intransitive verb

: to undergo putrefaction

Synonyms

  • break down
  • corrupt
  • decay
  • decompose
  • disintegrate
  • fester
  • foul
  • mold
  • molder
  • perish [chiefly British]
  • rot
  • spoil
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Example Sentences

we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house
Recent Examples on the Web Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021 But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind—vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020 But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 July 2019 The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019 Soutine’s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 May 2018 Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017 Time, heat and water were Yaw’s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy. Jack Healy, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English putrefien, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French putrefier, from Latin putrefacere, from putrēre to be rotten + facere to make — more at do

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Medical Definition

putrefy

verb

pu·​tre·​fy ˈpyü-trə-ˌfī How to pronounce putrefy (audio)
putrefied; putrefying

transitive verb

: to make putrid

intransitive verb

: to undergo putrefaction

putrefies

verb

present tense third-person singular of putrefy
as in decomposes
to go through decomposition we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • decomposes
  • rots
  • disintegrates
  • decays
  • perishes
  • corrupts
  • deteriorates
  • festers
  • spoils
  • molds
  • falls apart
  • crumbles
  • descends
  • contaminates
  • molders
  • goes to seed
  • sours
  • pollutes
  • runs to seed
  • mortifies
  • breaks down
  • ferments
  • rusts
  • turns
  • fouls
  • curdles
  • degenerates
  • taints
  • defiles
  • withers
  • turns off
  • sinks
  • dilapidates
  • declines
  • addles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • grows
  • ripens
  • matures
  • develops
  • ages
  • purifies
  • refreshes
  • restores
  • cleanses
  • improves
  • renews
  • integrates
  • composes
  • ameliorates
  • betters
  • assembles
  • meliorates
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