Definitions
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- adjective Alternative form of
malodorous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an unpleasant smell
Etymologies
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Examples
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If I was being nasty I would have called him a malodourous turd who I hoped got breast cancer and died in horrible pain after it spread to his bones.
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Lady Grace managed a few spoonfuls, but then, disliking the taste, pushed the malodourous mess away.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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One clump came up, roots, earth and all, adding a new high to the malodourous air.
Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978
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Evidently it was a low quarter of the town and a malodourous quarter, for the canals, spanned by picturesque and high-arched bridges, were everywhere, and at this summer season the water in them was low, rotten, and almost stirless.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Harry and Hermione meet the untalkative and disgustingly malodourous Bathilda Bagshot.
The Hog's Head 2010
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Especially when she comes in (just when you've cleaned up) and shakes malodourous grit and hairs all over the carpets.
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Transit where you must walk to a stop, wait for a vehicle, ride it while it starts and stops, possibly having to stand or sit in a cramped seat next to a malodourous neighbour?
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2. I agree this has a rather malodourous tinge to it.
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"And you will stay there until I can abide your malodourous presence again.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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