malodorous
Use Malodorous in a sentence
dər adjective
having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
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| —adj | |
| having a bad smell | |
| mal'odorously | |
| —adv | |
| mal'odorousness | |
| —n | |
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Malodorous
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
malodorous
1850, from mal- "bad" + odorous.
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Example sentences
Disposable respirators and replaceable filters can be used until they are difficult to breathe through, damaged, or malodorous.
Most of his working time is spent keeping an inventory of provisions and offending visiting bigwigs with his malodorous presence.
Ground lignite allowed for the successful incorporation of the wet and malodorous swine manure into the compost process.
The remainder of the stream, however, includes compounds that are highly malodorous.
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