odorous
/ˈəʊd(ə)rəs
/adjective
Having or giving off an odour: a dark and odorous cave...
- I am not sure if all dumps are this smelly - I know that all dumps are odorous - but it was stinky.
- But what happens to these odorous, spring-laden behemoths?
- According to the manufacturer, newater is clearer, less odorous and less bacterial than the water people get from the Public Utilities Board.
Synonyms
foul-smelling, evil-smelling, smelly, stinking, reeking, reeky, malodorous, pungent, acrid, fetid, rank
informal stinky
British informal pongy, whiffy, niffy, niffing
North American informal funky
literary noisome, mephitic
rare olid, odoriferous, miasmal, miasmic
fragrant, scented, perfumed, aromatic, balmy, tangy, redolent
Derivatives
odorously
/ adverb ...- With all its wishy-washy platitudes and sweeping generalizations, there was a general theme wafting odorously from the ill-conceived ballot.
- We selected ethylbenzene and 2-butanone for exposure because ethylbenzene is more odorously effective than 2-butanone.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin odorus 'fragrant' (from odor 'odour') + -ous.