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putrefying

verb , present participle of putrefy

Synonyms and Antonyms of putrefying

to go through decomposition

we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house

Synonyms of putrefying

breaking down, corrupting, decaying, decomposing, disintegrating, festering, fouling, moldering, molding, perishing [chiefly British], rotting, spoiling

Words Related to putrefying

souring, turning, turning off [British]

contaminating, defiling, polluting, tainting

addling, curdling, fermenting

crumbling, declining, degenerating, descending, deteriorating, dilapidating, sinking, withering

Phrases Synonymous with putrefying

falling apart, going to seed (or running to seed)

Near Antonyms of putrefying

aging (or ageing), developing, growing, maturing, ripening

refreshing, renewing, restoring

cleansing, purifying

assembling, composing, integrating

ameliorating, bettering, improving, meliorating

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