As the lab was filled with a fetid odor, I could tell the synthesis had gone awry.
Source: tatoeba (10826169)
Fetid
//ˈfɛtɪd//
Synonyms for "fetid" (171 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَتِن adj (foul-smelling)
Bashkir
1 entries- һаҫыҡ adj (foul-smelling)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вонящ adj (foul-smelling)
- зловонен adj (foul-smelling)
Catalan
1 entries- fètid adj (foul-smelling)
Czech
3 entries- páchnoucí adj (foul-smelling)
- smrdutý adj (foul-smelling)
- zapáchající adj (foul-smelling)
Dutch
2 entries- stinkend adj (foul-smelling)
- walmend adj (foul-smelling)
Finnish
2 entries- löyhkäävä adj (foul-smelling)
- pahanhajuinen adj (foul-smelling)
French
1 entries- fétide adj (foul-smelling)
German
1 entries- stinkend adj (foul-smelling)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 adj (foul-smelling)
Greek
2 entries- δυσώδης adj (foul-smelling)
- δύσοσμος adj (foul-smelling)
Hungarian
1 entries- bűzös adj (foul-smelling)
Ido
1 entries- fetida adj (foul-smelling)
Italian
1 entries- fetido adj (foul-smelling)
Latin
1 entries- fetidus adj (foul-smelling)
Malay
2 entries- hanyir adj (foul-smelling)
- هاڽير adj (foul-smelling)
Māori
2 entries- hāruru adj (foul-smelling)
- koeo adj (foul-smelling)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آغر adj (foul-smelling)
Polish
1 entries- cuchnący adj (foul-smelling)
Portuguese
1 entries- fétido adj (foul-smelling)
Romanian
1 entries- fetid adj (foul-smelling)
Russian
2 entries- воню́чий adj (foul-smelling)
- зловонный adj (foul-smelling)
Spanish
1 entries- fétido adj (foul-smelling)
Swedish
1 entries- stinkande adj (foul-smelling)
Tagalog
1 entries- mabaho adj (foul-smelling)
Turkish
3 entries- kokmuş adj (foul-smelling)
- kokuşmuş adj (foul-smelling)
- kokuşuk adj (foul-smelling)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The park near their house has a swampy area, but it never becomes fetid because fresh water is constantly flowing into it from a nearby creek.
Source: tatoeba (10913287)
Tom gave off a foul, fetid stench, but Mary pretended not to notice.
Source: tatoeba (11742835)
Tom gave off a foul, fetid stench, but Mary pretended not to smell anything.
Source: tatoeba (11742836)
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