malodorous
adjUK /ˌmælˈəʊ.də.ɹəs/ · US /ˌmælˈoʊ.də.ɹəs/
Etymology From mal- + odorous.
1
Having a bad odor.
- There were malodorous garbage bags aplenty outside her house.
2
Figuratively Highly improper.
- Synonyms
37 terms
foul, putrid, smelly, stinky, stenchy, fetid, funky, noisome, reeky, reeking, stinking, mephitic, foul-smelling, rank, rotten, vile, offensive, bad, buckish, cacodorous, graveolent, malodorous, mawkish, niffy, nonaromatic, nonfragrant, olid, on the nose, pongy, putredinous, ripe, stank, stinksome, unaromatic, unfragrant, whiff, whiffy- Antonyms
- fragrant
- Related terms
- malodor, malodorously, malodorousness, mephitic, rank, stench, reek
- Hypernyms
- olfactible, unpleasant