foetid

British  

/ ˈfiː-, ˈfɛtɪd /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of fetid

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Other Word Forms

• foetidly adverb
• foetidness noun

Example Sentences

Hardscrabble Mumbaikars have little energy to spare lamenting lost glories; most are more concerned with the desperate need for housing, collapsing railway overpasses and foetid monsoon floods.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019

While the horror of the trenches has been well documented, what happened beneath the battlefields - in the foetid, dark, cramped, and frequently wet tunnels - is less well known, and arguably far more frightening.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2016

For decades, disembarking at New Street railway station could be likened to stepping into a dimly-lit concrete box filled with foetid air.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2015

Perhaps we can't understand it unless we can feel it: the foetid atmosphere of Henry's court, seething with malice, suspicion, fear.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

“It is still not too late to abandon this folly,” Gerris said, as they made their way down a foetid alley toward the old spice market.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin