Putrid and Smelling

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Putrid adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.

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Smelling and putrid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smelling" instead an adjective "Putrid".

Nearby Words: putridity, putridly

Smelling adjective - (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous.

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Putrid and smelling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Putrid" instead an adjective "Smelling".

Nearby Words: smell, smelly, smeller

To quote Ted, "I have seen her square off with dogs twice her size, but now she acted as if Satan himself was lurking in the darkness." Evil Smells Bad: When Ted is fleeing from the creature in the cave during the story's climax, he describes smelling a horrible, putrid, rotting, death-like odor.

Source: Literature / Ted's Caving Page
When Billy sees Adam trying to trip the school bathroom's sprinkler system with a lighter, tries to stop him, and accidentally sets it off with his breath, the water is described as "putrid smelling" and later "sticky and smelly".

Source: Telepathic Sprinklers

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