مَخْبَثَةٌ

A cause of evil or corruption: (S, K:) plural مَخَابِثُ. (TA.) So in the saying of 'Antarah,

نُبِّيءْتُ عَمْرًا غَيْرَ شَاكِرِ نِعْمَتِى

وَالكُفْرُ مَخْبَثَةٌ لِنَفْسِ المُنْعِمِ

[I have been told that 'Amr is not thankful for my beneficence: and ingratitude is a cause of evil to the soul of the benefactor]. (S.) One says also, فِيهِ مَخَابِثُ جَمَّةٌ [In him, or it, are many causes of evil or corruption]. (A.) And طَعَامٌ مَخْبَثَةٌ (tropical:) Food that is a cause of heaviness to the soul [or stomach]; or of heaving, or becoming agitated by a tendency to vomit: or that is unlawful. (TA.)