Usually means: Emits a strong, unpleasant smell.
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  1. malodorous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. malodorous: Merriam-Webster
  3. malodorous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. malodorous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. malodorous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. malodorous: Vocabulary.com
  7. malodorous: Wordnik
  8. malodorous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. malodorous: Wiktionary
  10. malodorous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. malodorous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. malodorous: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. malodorous: Dictionary.com
  14. malodorous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. malodorous: Rhymezone
  16. malodorous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. malodorous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. malodorous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. malodorous: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. malodorous: A Word A Day

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  1. malodorous: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having a bad odor.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Highly improper.

Similar:
stinking, smelly, foul-smelling, niffy, rancid, fetid, sour, mephitic, miasmic, reeking, more...

Opposite:
fragrant, aromatic, redolent, perfumed

Types:
skunky, fecal, putrid, pungent, stinky, stale, moldy, musty, more...

Phrases:
malodorous animal, is beyond malodorous, opposite of malodorous, more...

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     brown,     gray,     murky green, more...
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Similar:
stinking, smelly, foul-smelling, niffy, rancid, fetid, sour, mephitic, miasmic, reeking, more...

Opposite:
fragrant, aromatic, redolent, perfumed

Types:
skunky, fecal, putrid, pungent, stinky, stale, moldy, musty, more...

Phrases:
malodorous animal, is beyond malodorous, opposite of malodorous, more...

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     brown,     gray,     murky green, more...



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