foul-smelling
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4.1
- adjective
- /faʊlˈsmɛlɪŋ/
:
maloliente
- After the storm, the foul-smelling water from the flooded streets began to rise.
- purulent and foul-smelling
- dirty and foul-smelling
Examples
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I stared down at the foul-smelling, darkly stained rug.
Fiction book (1994) -
The foul-smelling garbage was piled high outside the restaurant.
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Go with this foul-smelling one over here.
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It's been eaten away by the foul-smelling stuff.
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Tear up that old foul-smelling carpet.
Fiction book (2002) -
Inching through Queens in a foul-smelling cab was something else.
Fiction book (1998) -
But as this foul-smelling mud began oozing up through the cracks, we knew it was time to go.
Fiction book (1991) -
In April, Patricia found her mother mopping up a foul-smelling mess in the second-floor bathroom.
Fiction book (1991) -
In one corner of the little room, a couple of mops, with stiff, clotted, foul-smelling heads, stand near a rusty bucket.
Fiction book (1991) -
I too depart, hailing a scarred, hot city bus that rattles noisily to a foul-smelling terminal.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
118
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
60
1.0
Having a very bad smell
24
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
18
6.9
Has a bad smell
8
7.9
A very strong, bad smell like rotten food or trash
4
2.0
Having a very strong bad smell
1
9.9
A very strong, unpleasant smell that can make you ill
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
8.2
A very bad smell like rotten food
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
Having a very strong bad smell like smoke or rot
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
Giving off a very bad smell
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Smelling strongly of something unpleasant
Antonyms
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foul-smelling begins with foul, an old English word that meant 'dirty' or 'rotten', and adds smell, meaning 'to give off a smell'. So foul-smelling means 'giving a very bad or unpleasant smell'.