ill-smelling
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈɪlˈsmɛlɪŋ/
:
maloliente
- Lian told Maks that the only thing remarkable about her planet, aside from its rich lodes of metals and natural radioactives, was the fact that the ill-smelling, ferocious creatures called Darksiders.
Examples
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Garth produced an ill-smelling salve that they used to coat their faces and arms, a shield against bites and stings.
Fiction book (1992) -
The huge, ill-smelling, heavily armed beasts looked over his back, ready to destroy him or anybody else if Xian gave the kill signal.
Fiction book (2000) -
A very small, ill-smelling barn.
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By contrast, even the ill-smelling streets are delightful, and we escape.
Blog text (22) -
Their crude remarks lingered near the virtual ceiling like clouds of ill-smelling gas.
Fiction book (1999) -
In some cases, Chazal instructed us to treat an item as being malodorous even if we do not necessarily consider it particularly ill-smelling.
Blog text (23) -
This class includes situations where one removes the ill-smelling matter from the room, yet some vestigial odor remains.
Blog text (23) -
The garbage bin was overflowing and gave off an ill-smelling odor that made everyone gag.
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After the rain, the ill-smelling stagnant water attracted many flies in the neighborhood.
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He wrinkled his nose at the ill-smelling fish left out in the sun.
Synonyms
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1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
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1.0
Having a very bad smell
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3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
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6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
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6.9
Has a bad smell
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5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
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7.9
A very strong, bad smell like rotten food or trash
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4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
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8.2
Having a very bad smell that people dislike
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9.9
A very strong, unpleasant smell that can make you ill
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8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
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4.8
Having an unpleasant taste or smell
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6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
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3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Having a very strong bad smell like smoke or rot
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
Giving off a very bad smell
Smelling strongly of something unpleasant
Antonyms
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ill-smelling joins ill- meaning 'bad' or 'sick' and smelling from 'smell'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a smell so bad it could make you feel 'ill', which is why it means 'having an unpleasant or offensive smell'.