as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
the cellar will need to be cleared of several malodorous piles of garbage
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Recent Examples of malodorous
Descending through a malodorous entrance in the Roman Forum, the team waded through the sewer until the water current became too powerful.
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Public stations were expensive to maintain and quickly became dirty and malodorous.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
Come for Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb, sweaty and malodorous and razor-sharp; stay for some of the best-structured storytelling on television.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Public stations were expensive to maintain and quickly became dirty and malodorous.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
Come for Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb, sweaty and malodorous and razor-sharp; stay for some of the best-structured storytelling on television.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malodorous
Adjective
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019
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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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As The Athletic discovered on a recent stroll along the waterfront from the city centre, there’s certainly plenty of land ripe for development.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The moment is ripe for Maduro's fall, and meaningful retaliation is unlikely.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Their stories include the reasons that kept them from evacuating and then the harrowing odysseys that took some of them through fetid streets of flood waters, others to the nightmare that was the Superdome or the Convention Center, and still others across impassable bridges and freeways.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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Harold had exclaimed when the fetid, turquoise sea had at last come into view.—
Nicole Krauss,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Rangers outfielder Michael Helman then snuck a deep shot over the fence on the fair side of the left-field foul pole to give the Rangers a 5-2 lead.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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That included playing the role of enforcer on the court when Clark took shots from opponents, leading to a flagrant 2 foul, ejection, and fine for Cunningham.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Once cool, pour it into a spray bottle and lightly mist the smelly surfaces.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Your smelly trash could also attract ants and other pests.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Taipei blends incense with cutting-edge innovation—crowned by the soaring spire of Taipei 101 and grounded in night markets where stinky tofu and bubble tea perfume the air.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The amount of the often-stinky seaweed that washes up on beaches has spiked tremendously in the last dozen years, bringing frustration to South Florida beachgoers and causing real economic damage in the Caribbean.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And putting it on her fingers and in your babies mouth is disgusting.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Because there are more aliens aboard the Maginot than just a Xenomorph, Hawley adds a few new wrinkles to the usual disgusting Alien progression of face-hugger to chest-burster.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Away from a filthy Superdome and Convention Center where they had been holed up for days.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alexander pulled out a baby-blue melodica to lay down a filthy ska rhythm for his band.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Malodorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malodorous. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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