malodorous

English

WOTD – 11 January 2008

Alternative forms

• malodourous

Etymology

mal- +‎ odorous

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmælˈəʊ.də.ɹəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmælˈoʊ.də.ɹəs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

malodorous (comparative more malodorous, superlative most malodorous)

1. Having a bad odor.

   There were malodorous garbage bags aplenty outside her house.

2. (figuratively) Highly improper.

Synonyms

• (having a bad odor): foul, putrid, smelly, stinky, stenchy, fetid, funky, noisome, reeky, reeking, stinking, mephitic, foul-smelling, rank, rotten, smelly, vile, offensive; see also Thesaurus:malodorous

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “having a good odor”): fragrant

Related terms

• malodor
• malodorously
• malodorousness

Translations

having a bad odor

• Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq)
• Bulgarian: зловонен (bg) (zlovonen)
• Dutch: malodorant, stinkend (nl), onwelriekend (nl)
• Esperanto: malbonodora
• French: malodorant (fr) m
• Occitan: pudent (oc)
• Polish: cuchnący (pl) m, śmierdzący (pl) m
• Russian: злово́нный (ru) m (zlovónnyj), злово́нная (ru) f (zlovónnaja), злово́нное (ru) n (zlovónnoje)
• Spanish: maloliente (es)
• Swedish: illaluktande (sv), stinkande (sv)
• Volapük: lusmelik

highly improper

• Polish: nieprzyzwoity (pl) m