sewery
1
9.6
- adjective
- /ˈsuːəri/
- The abandoned building had a sewery smell that made it unbearable to enter.
Examples
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After the flood, the streets were left with a sewery appearance, covered in muck and grime.
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His hotel was on the Second Kordon, a block back from the tumult of the waterfront and the sewery stench that occasionally spoiled the summer's romance.
Fiction book (1999) -
They avoided the alley due to its sewery odor, which was strong and lingering.
Synonyms
538
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
333
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
146
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
131
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
115
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
108
5.3
Very bad or unpleasant
93
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
33
3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
21
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
13
7.0
Rotting and smelling very bad
9
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
8
7.1
Very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty or neglect
8
7.9
A very strong, bad smell like rotten food or trash
2
5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
2
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
2
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
9.9
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
1
9.3
Having a bad smell, taste, or look that makes you want to throw up
1
9.9
Feels unpleasant and gross, often sticky or smelly
Antonyms
How Foul
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sewery comes from sewer, meaning 'drain', and the ending -y, meaning 'full of' or 'having the quality of', as in sewage. So sewery describes something that smells or looks like a sewer and is unpleasant.