adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. rare

Adjective

1. 1
   Foul-smelling, stinking.

   "I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks."

Adjective

1. 1
   offensively malodorous wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abhorrentabominablearrantatrociousawfulbad

Antonyms

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fragrant

Example

More examples

"As the lab was filled with a fetid odor, I could tell the synthesis had gone awry."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Related phrases

fetid sweat

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