transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈō-də-rəs ]
adjective
Date: 1850
1. : having a bad odor
2. : highly improper
malodorous practices and chicanery in high financial places — New Republic
• mal·odor·ous·ly adverb
• mal·odor·ous·ness noun
Synonyms:
malodorous , stinking , fetid , noisome , putrid , rank , fusty , musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive
malodorous fertilizers
stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting
prisoners were held in stinking cells
the fetid odor of skunk cabbage
noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive
a stagnant, noisome sewer
putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter
the putrid smell of rotting fish
rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell
rank cigar smoke
fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age
a fusty attic
the musty odor of a damp cellar