niff
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9.9
- noun
- /nɪf/
- UK
:
hedor
Examples
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You want to rat a niff?
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Oh, what a niff!
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The kitchen had a strong niff of burnt food after the mishap.
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She wrinkled her nose at the niff coming from the old garbage can.
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After a long hike, there was a niff in the air from the damp soil.
Synonyms
111
1.1
A very bad smell that people dislike
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8.0
A strong, unpleasant smell that makes you wrinkle your nose
80
3.5
A very bad strong smell that makes you feel sick
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9.9
Stuffy, smoky air in a room that feels unpleasant to breathe
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8.9
A strong unpleasant smell that people find offensive
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7.2
A strong, very bad smell from sewage or rotten garbage
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9.0
A very strong bad smell that makes you feel sick
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4.3
A strong unpleasant smell that makes people move away
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7.2
A stale, slightly moldy smell or taste in old damp things
A very strong unpleasant smell that makes people feel sick
A strong, unpleasant smell that is easy to notice
A strong, unpleasant smell that people dislike
A strong, nasty smell like rotten food that makes you feel sick
A bad, stale smell from old, damp things
A stale, musty smell from old wood or damp rooms
A stale, musty smell in a room or object
Antonyms
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word niff is like the common word sniff — imagine quickly sniffing something and finding a bad smell, so niff means an unpleasant, often stale or offensive 'smell'.