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

Other Word Forms

• malodorously adverb
• malodorousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of malodorous¹

First recorded in 1840–50; mal- + odorous

Example Sentences

“I have been in the most malodorous surroundings imaginable and feel the need to be thoroughly scrubbed.”

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So let’s take a look at the program’s malodorous history.

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One witness said it became so unbearable that the flight turned around and headed back to the gate to remove the malodorous traveler.

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The canal still carries sewage, mixed with rainwater, away from the city on a malodorous, 29-mile course.

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Because each snail yielded little more than a drop of the discharge — a clear, malodorous liquid — some 250,000 were required to produce an ounce of dye, by some accounts.

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