malodorous

malodorous
Synonyms and related words:
abhorrent, abominable, aromatic, bad, bad-smelling, barfy, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, contemptible, crappy, crude, decayed, decomposed, despicable, detestable, disgusting, effluvious, execrable, fecal, feculent, fetid, filthy, flyblown, forbidding, foul, fragrant, frowsty, frowsy, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, gloppy, graveolent, gross, gunky, hateful, heinous, high, icky, ignoble, ill-smelling, ill-treat, ill-use, improper, indecent, indelicate, loathsome, maggoty, maltreat, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, mistreat, misuse, moldy, mucky, musty, nasty, nauseating, nidorous, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, odorant, odored, odoriferous, odorous, off, offensive, olid, ordurous, outrage, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, puky, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, rebarbative, redolent, reechy, reeking, reeky, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rough, scabby, scummy, scurfy, shitty, sickening, slabby, slimy, sloppy, sloshy, sludgy, slushy, smellful, smelling, smellsome, smelly, spoiled, sposhy, stale, stenchful, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, tainted, unbecoming, undecorous, ungodly, unseemly, untoward, vile, vomity, wormy, yecchy

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  • malodorous — malodorous, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, rancid, fusty, musty mean having an unpleasant smell. Malodorous is the general term which is referable to any smell of this character, from one that is noticeably unpleasant to one that is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • malodorous — mal*o dor*ous, a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill smelling. {mal*o dor*ous*ness}. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malodorous — (adj.) 1832, from MAL (Cf. mal ) bad + ODOROUS (Cf. odorous). Related: Malodorously; malodorousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • malodorous — [adj] foul smelling bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, funky*, fusty, gamy*, high*, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, off*, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank,… …   New thesaurus

  • malodorous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ smelling very unpleasant …   English terms dictionary

  • malodorous — [mal′ō′dər əs] adj. having a bad odor; stinking malodorously adv. malodorousness n …   English World dictionary

  • malodorous — adjective Date: 1850 1. having a bad odor 2. highly improper < malodorous practices and chicanery in high financial places New Republic > • malodorously adverb • malodorousness noun Synonyms: malodorous, stinking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • malodorous — [[t]mælo͟ʊdərəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is malodorous has an unpleasant smell. [LITERARY] ...tons of malodorous garbage bags. ...living in a malodorous London street …   English dictionary

  • malodorous — malodorously, adv. malodorousness, n. /mal oh deuhr euhs/, adj. having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp. [1840 50; MAL + ODOROUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • malodorous — adjective /ˌmælˈəʊ.də.rəs,ˌmælˈoʊ.də.rəs/ a) Having a bad odor There were tons of malodorous garbage bags outside her house. b) Highly improper. Syn: foul, putrid, smelly, sti …   Wiktionary

  • malodorous — See odorous. See odorous, malodorous …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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