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单词 malodorousness
释义

malodorous

adjective

mal·​odor·​ous ˌmal-ˈō-də-rəs How to pronounce malodorous (audio)
1
: having a bad odor
a malodorous mixture of chemicals
2
: highly improper
malodorous practices and chicanery in high financial places New Republic
malodorously adverb
malodorousness noun

Synonyms

  • fetid
  • foul
  • frowsty [chiefly British]
  • frowsy
  • frowzy
  • funky
  • fusty
  • musty
  • noisome
  • rank
  • reeking
  • reeky
  • ripe
  • smelly
  • stenchy
  • stinking
  • stinky
  • strong
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Example Sentences

the cellar will need to be cleared of several malodorous piles of garbage
Recent Examples on the Web There is the snake making its way through a bit of filthy water, then two snakes in a blue kiddie pool (one appearing somewhat compromised), then a limply malodorous snake being held by a girl in the plein air of concrete rubble. Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022 Less testing for monkeypox this summer will inevitably lead to more people suffering from ulcerating rashes, drenching night sweats, malodorous rectal discharge, and expansive onward spread. Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022 Two subways always coexist in our imagination: the actual subway—filthy, malodorous, rodent-ridden, and all the rest, but always running—and the subway as it is thematized and made iconic, by movies and television and the tabloids. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022 So too their summers: sweaty, fleeting weeks of melting Popsicles, malodorous with bug repellent, the calendar countdown to hurricane season. Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022 Research shows that people living near malodorous sites can suffer physiological symptoms including headaches, burning eyes and nausea as well as mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022 Simply put your face mask on and open a window in your kitchen while measuring it and portioning and baking the dough to prevent any malodorous smell from lingering. Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021 Several days into her quarantine period, Ms. Moore took a whiff of Dumbo’s typically malodorous food. New York Times, 17 May 2021 Yet another put forward a strategy to combat the wine’s malodorous nature. Lettie Teague, WSJ, 5 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

malodorousness

noun

as in fetidness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fetidness
  • odorousness
  • odoriferousness
  • staleness
  • rankness
  • acridness
  • funk
  • stench
  • fustiness
  • foulness
  • rancidity
  • mustiness
  • badness
  • vileness
  • stink
  • reek
  • emission
  • effluvium
  • filth
  • dirtiness
  • nastiness
  • odor
  • dirt
  • scent
  • filthiness
  • effluvia
  • sniff
  • redolence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • perfume
  • fragrance
  • aroma
  • sweetness
  • floweriness
  • spiciness
  • bouquet
  • lusciousness
  • savoriness
  • ambrosia
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