Definition of Putrescent

undergoing the process of putrefaction (rotting and beginning to smell because of the decay)

Examples of Putrescent in a sentence

More putrescent fruit was added to the rotting pile of banana peels by unconcerned campers who didn’t care that rotting food brings flies.  🔊

The detective couldn’t handle the smell of the putrescent body and vomited right next to the corpse’s decaying flesh.  🔊

Animal control finally came to remove the deceased dog after its putrescent frame lay rotting on the side of the road for several days.  🔊

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