Thesaurus:malodorous

Thesaurus

malodorous

English

Adjective

Sense: having a bad odor

Synonyms

• bad    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cacodorous
• fetid
• foul-smelling
• funky
• graveolent
• malodorous
• niffy
• noisome
• nonaromatic
• nonfragrant
• olid (rare)
• on the nose (Australia)
• pongy
• putredinous
• reeking
• reeky
• ripe
• smelly
• stank (AAVE)
• stenchy
• stinking
• stinksome
• stinky
• unaromatic
• unfragrant
• whiff (informal)
• whiffy

Antonyms

• fragrant    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• nidorous
• pungent
• putrid

Hypernyms

• olfactible    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unpleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• mephitic
• rank

See also

• Thesaurus:stench (noun)
• Thesaurus:reek (verb)

Further reading

• “401. fetor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “malodorous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.