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Definition of Malodourous
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 Malodourous
1. Adjective. (alternative form of malodorous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malodourous
Literary usage of Malodourous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Review (1902)
"Later the epidermis over the papules necroses and becomes converted into a dirty,
greyish-yellow, occasionally malodourous crust. When this is removed, ..."
2. The Western Law Times of Canada by Archer Evans Stringer Martin, John Thompson Huggard (1893)
"cause of the contempt arose so far back as 1887 out of the malodourous Baird
election case and was occasioned by a letter of Mr. Ellis' which appeared in ..."
3. 'Round the Round World: Some Impressions of a World Tour by Paul Rader (1922)
"Such noise and chatter, such " nitin " air, as the natives would say, which means
malodourous. The stench is greatly reduced. Every one of the old-timers ..."
4. Birmingham Medical Review (1895)
"The uterine discharge, which had never been excessive after the first onset and
never malodourous, also ceased. On September 26th the patient got up, ..."
5. Home Hygiene by St. John Ambulance Association, John Frederick Joseph Sykes (1898)
"... clammy due to accumulation of waste materials, malodourous from decomposition,
and ultimately becomes diseased with some form of skin complaint, ..."
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