putrid

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).

adj

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
   putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
   […]vast quantities of putrid whale flesh were blasted into the sky 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
   putrid smell; putrid odor
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt
5. Totally objectionable