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MALODOUROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malodourous mean?
• MALODOUROUS (adjective)
The adjective MALODOUROUS has 1 sense:
1. having an unpleasant smell
Familiarity information: MALODOUROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an unpleasant smell
Synonyms:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling
Similar:
bilgy (smelling like bilge water)
fetid; foetid; foul; foul-smelling; funky; ill-scented; noisome; smelly; stinking (offensively malodorous)
frowsty; fusty; musty (stale and unclean smelling)
gamey; gamy; high ((used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted)
mephitic; miasmic (of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution)
niffy ((British informal) malodorous)
odoriferous; odorous (emitting an odor)
putrid-smelling (having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter)
rank-smelling (having an offensive rancid odor)
reeking (giving off a strong unpleasant smell)
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