malodorous

[ mal-oh-der-uhs ]

adjective

1. having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad:

   a malodorous swamp.

malodorous

/ mælˈəʊdərəs /

adjective

1. having a bad smell

Derived Forms

• malˈodorousness, noun
• malˈodorously, adverb

Other Words From

• mal·odor·ous·ly adverb
• mal·odor·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of malodorous¹

First recorded in 1840–50; mal- + odorous

Example Sentences

The whistle from the nearby, malodorous paper mill called us to lunch at that same table.

From Washington Blade

Is there any town nuisance, such as soft coal smoke or malodorous factories?

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly confession is to me just what those nights spent on board the yacht, lying in that malodorous harbour, are to you!

From Project Gutenberg

Thick, malodorous vapours arose from the squalid streets, lying back on the level, and from the crowded shipping of the port.

From Project Gutenberg

It has an attraction for them, often a fatal attraction, even though it be thick with dirt and very malodorous.

From Project Gutenberg

Even now she had shuffled back into her kitchen, leaving her ill-humored lodger to puff away at the malodorous weed as he chose.

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