As adjectives the difference between morbid and putrid
is that morbid is (originally) of, or relating to disease while putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
morbid
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(originally) Of, or relating to disease.
Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
Grisly or gruesome.
Derived terms
* morbidity
* morbidly
* morbidness
Related terms
* morbidezza
* morbilous
Synonyms
* (of or relating to disease) pathological
* (unhealthy or unwholesome) sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
* (suggesting the horror of death) black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
* bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
putrid
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
Vile, disgusting.
morally corrupt
totally objectionable
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.
Synonyms
* malodorous
Related terms
* putrefaction
* putrescence
* putrescent
* putrid fever
* putrid sore throat
* putrify
See also
* rotten
* foul
* odor
Anagrams
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