malodorous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- malodorously adverb
- malodorousness noun
Etymology
Origin of malodorous
Example Sentences
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“I have been in the most malodorous surroundings imaginable and feel the need to be thoroughly scrubbed.”
From Literature
So let’s take a look at the program’s malodorous history.
From Los Angeles Times
One witness said it became so unbearable that the flight turned around and headed back to the gate to remove the malodorous traveler.
From Seattle Times
The canal still carries sewage, mixed with rainwater, away from the city on a malodorous, 29-mile course.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From New York Times
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