fetid
or foet·id
Origin of fetid
Synonyms for fetid
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stinking, putrid, noxious, revolting, smelly, stinky, corrupt, gross, icky, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, offensive, rank, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, strongExamples from the Web for fetid
Contemporary Examples of fetid
This renewable (I mean renewed every single damn day) bio-energy (otherwise known as fetid rot) helps keep the coop warm.
Here is real, unmistakable nastiness of a fetid, furtive kind, whispered in corners after a cautious glance over the shoulder.
All were sitting barefoot on mattresses around the walls of their fetid, dimly lit room.
It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id.
Gaddafi has to find a fetid corner where America holds less sway.
Historical Examples of fetid
A blast of fetid, stinking air struck his face, and he choked.
It has a discharge from the eyes, and a fetid, sanious discharge from the nose.
Cattle and Their DiseasesRobert Jennings
What of the babes who cry in fetid cellars for the light and are denied it?
For all the vaunted mechanisms of our time, the air here was heavy and fetid.
Wandl the InvaderRaymond King Cummings
The fetid stench of an English prison ship could not abate his love of liberty and country.