Synonyms for "foul-smelling" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)

badbuckisheye-watering

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)

fetidfoetidfoulfunky

Related words (7)

Adjective(4 words)

ill-scentednoisomesmellystinking

Adjective(3 words)

malodorousripewhiff

Related word relations

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1 relation types

similar

5 entries

ill-smellingmalodorousmalodourousstinkyunpleasant-smelling

Translations

20 translations across 14 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries

• δυσώδης adj (having a bad odour)
• κάκοσμος adj (having a bad odour)

Danish

1 entries

• ildelugtende adj (having a bad odour)

Finnish

1 entries

• pahanhajuinen adj (having a bad odour)

French

2 entries

• fétide adj (having a bad odour)
• nauséabond adj (having a bad odour)

German

1 entries

• übelriechend adj (having a bad odour)

Greek

1 entries

• δύσοσμος adj (having a bad odour)

Hungarian

3 entries

• büdös adj (having a bad odour)
• bűzös adj (having a bad odour)
• rossz szagú adj (having a bad odour)

Latin

1 entries

• foetidus adj (having a bad odour)

Malayalam

1 entries

• ദുർഗന്ധമുള്ള adj (having a bad odour)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• illeluktende adj (having a bad odour)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• آغر adj (having a bad odour)

Polish

2 entries

• cuchnący adj (having a bad odour)
• śmierdzący adj (having a bad odour)

Spanish

2 entries

• fétido adj (having a bad odour)
• maloliente adj (having a bad odour)

Swedish

1 entries

• illaluktande adj (having a bad odour)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.

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