Definition of Malodorous

1. Adjective. Having an unpleasant smell.


Definition of Malodorous

1. a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.

Definition of Malodorous

1. Adjective. Having a bad odor ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) Highly improper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malodorous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malodorous

malmy
malnormal
malnormality
malnourish
malnourished
malnourishment
malnutrition
malnutritional
malnutritions
malo
malobservation
malobservations
malocclusion
malocclusions
malodor
malodorous (current term)
malodorously
malodorousness
malodors
malodour
malodourous
malodours
maloik
malolactic
malolactic fermentation
malonaldehyde
malonamidase
malonate
malonate semialdehyde
malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase

Literary usage of Malodorous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Christian Missions and Social Progress: A Sociological Study of Foreign Missions by James Shepard Dennis (1897)
"Some of the daily sights of the pedestrian in Peking malodorous China. ,. , , , • , . , , 1 Cf. " Statement of the Moral and Material Progress and Condition ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"A bloody or malodorous discharge subsequent to the menopause is very likely to be due to carcinoma of the uterus. Dyspepsia in older people together with ..."

3. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"malodorous Volatile Oils. Some of the volatile oils differ from the others in possessing an odor which is disagreeable and nauseating to most people, ..."

4. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"Sail for Amoy—The Admiral's Cabin-Ports stove in—General Legendre— malodorous Amoy—Bengal Tigers—Visit to a Spanish Catholic Missionary —Return to ..."

5. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"malodorous Parts.—On account of their contents, the stomach and intestine become offensive very soon after death, especially if exposed to the air. ..."

6. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1903)
"From adulterated groceries all alike suffer, but stale vegetables, exposed for hours or days to the dust and filth of the street or of the malodorous . ..."

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