Synonyms for fetid
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Foul-smelling, stinking.
I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.
Related words
- Word family
- fetidity fetidness
- Phrases
- fetid sweat
- Other spellings
- foetid
Example sentences
- smelly I had to use a dirty, smelly gas station bathroom.
- stinking The car is stinking. Have you been sleeping in it?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fetid | rising | |
| smelly | rising | |
| stinking | rising | |
| malodorous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- rank1, foul1, vile1
- 5 letters
- funky2, musty2, niffy
- 6 letters
- rotten2, smelly2, stinky2, rancid2, putrid2, whiffy, frowzy
- 7 letters
- mawkish2, noisome
- 8 letters
- stinking2, mephitic, feculent
- 9 letters
- offensive3
- 10 letters
- malodorous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funky2 = 2 syllables).