Choose the Right Synonym for fetid

malodorous, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, fusty, musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. malodorous fertilizers stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. a stagnant, noisome sewer putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. the putrid smell of rotting fish rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. rank cigar smoke fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar

Examples of fetid in a Sentence

a fetid pool of water the fetid odor of rotting vegetables

Recent Examples on the Web When the blast went off, bodies were scattered into fetid drainage canals, the survivors left to escape in a daze of horror. — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021 One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2021 The fetid granularity of true crime can have a visceral impact—your heart races, your body clenches. — Alyse Burnside, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021 What child would not appreciate the opportunity to behold a fetid dragon or dinosaur on Perrier Street? — al, 9 Sep. 2021 One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2021 One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2021 One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water. — Time, 26 Aug. 2021 One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fetid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.