putrid

Modifies a noun

• stench: However, once beyond the putrid stench of ammonia we were treated to a real surprise.
• smell: It was dark, cold and there was a putrid smell, as tho something had gone rotten in there.
• water: I was extremely thirsty, but there was only a bottle of putrid water in the cell.
• matter: If putrid matter is corruption, then corruption is a natural process.
• fever: John Luttig claimed she died of putrid fever on 20th December, 1812.
• meat: All the rest was of a piece; dry salad, putrid meat, and bread harder than English cookie.

Modifying Another Word

• so: The smell by now was so putrid that we were all feeling ill.
• even: It is also a traditional way of purifying and sweetening water, known to render even putrid water palatable.