malodorous
51fetid — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin foetidus, from foetēre to stink Date: 15th century having a heavy offensive smell < a fetid swamp > Synonyms: see malodorous • fetidly adverb • fetidness noun …
52fusty — adjective (fustier; est) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English foisted, foist musty, from foist wine cask, from Anglo French fust, fuist wood, tree trunk, cask, from Medieval Latin fustis Date: 14th century 1. British impaired by age… …
53mal- — combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from mal bad (from Latin malus) & mal badly, from Latin male, from malus 1. a. bad < malpractice > b. badly < malodorous > 2. a. abnormal …
54musty — adjective (mustier; est) Etymology: 4must Date: 1530 1. a. impaired by damp or mildew ; moldy b. tasting of mold c. smelling of damp and decay ; fusty 2 …
55noisome — adjective Etymology: Middle English noysome, from noy annoyance, alteration of anoi, from Anglo French anui, from anuier to harass, annoy more at annoy Date: 14th century 1. noxious, harmful 2. a. offensive to the senses and especially to the… …
56odorous — adjective Date: 15th century having an odor: as a. fragrant b. malodorous • odorously adverb • odorousness noun Synonyms: odorous, fragrant, redolent, aromatic mean emitting and diffusing scent. odorous applies …
57putrid — adjective Etymology: Latin putridus, from putrēre to be rotten, from puter, putris rotten; akin to Latin putēre to stink more at foul Date: 1542 1. a. being in a state of putrefaction ; rotten b. of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction …
58smelly — adjective (smellier; est) Date: 1862 having a smell; especially malodorous < smelly socks > …
59fug — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1fog Date: 1888 the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space; also a stuffy or malodorous emanation • fuggy adjective II. verb (fugged; fugging) Date: circa …
60high — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēah; akin to Old High German hōh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill Date: before 12th century 1. a. having large extension upward ; taller than average, usual, or expected < a high wall > b.… …
