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Definition of Malodorous
1. Adjective. Having an unpleasant smell.
Similar to: Bilgy, Fetid, Foetid, Foul, Foul-smelling, Funky, Ill-scented, Noisome, Smelly, Stinking, Frowsty, Fusty, Musty, Gamey, Gamy, High, Mephitic, Miasmic, Niffy, Odoriferous, Odorous, Putrid-smelling, Rank-smelling, Reeking, Rancid, Sour
Antonyms: Fragrant
Derivative terms: Malodorousness, Stink, Stinkiness
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
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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