Synonyms for malodorous
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Fetid
fetid, stinky, noisome formal, odorous, foul-smelling, smelly, stinking, putrid, rotten, rancid, vile, musty, fusty, funky, bad, offensive, rank, mephitic, frowzy, niffy informal UK, frowsty UK, malodourous
Other
reeking, foul, gamey, high, odoriferous, miasmic, stenchy, reeky, graveolent, cacodorous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a bad odor.
There were malodorous garbage bags aplenty outside her house.
Related words
- Word family
- malodor malodorousness
- Is a kind of
- unpleasant
Example sentences
- stinky Mosquitoes are actually attracted to stinky feet.
- fetid The fetid smell came from the dead rat in the corner.
- odorous Tom created numerous loud and odorous farts.
- reeking Layla was reeking of alcohol.
- gamey Have you ever eaten javelina? It's quite good, albeit somewhat gamey.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- high1, rank1, foul1, vile1
- 5 letters
- funky2, musty2, fetid2, gamey, fusty2, niffy, reeky
- 6 letters
- rotten2, smelly2, stinky2, rancid2, putrid2, frowzy
- 7 letters
- reeking2, odorous3, noisome, miasmic, frowsty, stenchy
- 8 letters
- stinking2, mephitic
- 9 letters
- offensive3
- 10 letters
- graveolent, cacodorous
- 11 letters
- odoriferous, malodourous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- malodorant
- Italiano
- maleodorante
- Español
- maloliente