malodorous
4
8.2
- adjective
- /ˌmælˈoʊdərəs/
- Clearly, the wind-producing beans were a malodorous scourge upon our household.
- malodorous ulcers
Examples
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I continued walking through blackberries and malodorous herbs.
Academic text (2007) -
Since most dumpsters are malodorous, many poskim contend that we should treat them like toilets or potties.
Blog text (23) -
- Am I malodorous in any way?
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I give you five minutes, exactly five minutes for you and your malodorous riffraff to get out of town!
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Crawling on the malodorous floor, I stumbled against a piece of hard metal.
Fiction book (1990) -
Garbage collects in huge, malodorous piles and often contains excrement.
Academic text (2016) -
"Changing everything these days," he muttered, looking at a malodorous heap of dirty clothing that sprawled in the center of the cottage floor.
Fiction book (1993) -
I saw the giant's back and smelled his malodorous top hat of poorly tanned beaver hide from several yards away.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dirty, malodorous items of clothing flowed out of open drawers, mold blossomed in spray cans, a sooty
Fiction book (1996) -
The malodorous smell from the dumpster made it hard to breathe.
Synonyms
93
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
57
1.0
Having a very bad smell
40
2.0
Having a very strong bad smell
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
19
4.8
Having a strong, sharp smell or taste that can be unpleasant
15
6.9
Has a bad smell
11
6.7
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
9
5.0
Having a very strong bad smell like smoke or rot
9
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
8
7.9
A very strong, bad smell like rotten food or trash
3
9.9
A very strong, unpleasant smell that can make you ill
2
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
2
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
7.1
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
1
4.8
Having an unpleasant taste or smell
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
9.9
Full of a strong bad smell that makes the air feel unhealthy
1
9.9
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
1
9.9
Smelling bad and making the air feel heavy and unhealthy
1
9.9
Having a slimy or musty smell like old mold
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Smelling strongly of something unpleasant
Antonyms
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malodorous comes from two parts: mal- meaning 'bad' and odor meaning 'smell', so it literally means 'bad-smelling'. Think of mal- as in malfunction and odor as in 'odor' or 'odour', which helps explain why malodorous describes something that smells awful.