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    ILL-SMELLING

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Having an unpleasant smellplay

    Synonyms:

    ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling

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    Adjectives

    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)

    rancid; sour (smelling of fermentation or staleness)

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