Definition of Foul-smelling

1. Adjective. Offensively malodorous. "The kitchen smelled really funky"


Definition of Foul-smelling

1. Adjective. Having an unpleasant odor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foul-smelling

fouette
fouettes
fouetté
fougade
fougades
fougerite
fough
fought
foughten
foughtier
foughty
foul
foul-mouthed
foul-smelling (current term)
foul-spoken
foul-up
foul-weather gear
foul anchor
foul ball
foul bill of health
foul language
foul line
foul out
foul play
foul pole
foul poles
foul shot

Literary usage of Foul-smelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... by Matabele Spies—Left to Meet the Enemy Alone—A Case of Kill or be Killed—An Invitation to Assist in the Capture of Thieves—In foul-smelling Caves. ..."

2. The Treatment of Sewage by Charles Meymott Tidy (1887)
"time, but at a later stage, certain foul smelling gaseous products of decomposition are evolved. To collect and preserve urine, therefore, ..."

3. Micro-organisms with Special Reference to the Etiology of the Infective Diseases by Karl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Flügge, Carl Flügge (1890)
"Various anaerobes foul-smelling gases. Bacteria from mud or the intestinal contents of ruminants (Tappeiner) carbonic acid, marsh gas, sulphuretted hydrogen ..."

4. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"Locally: Ulcers and foul-smelling wounds; neuralgia. Dose.—5 to 20 grains. Usual Dose.—1 grain for each year of age up to twenty. It may be administered in ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"This discharge has, at times, been thick and foul- smelling, and has contained small ... When the antrum was opened a very foul-smelling discharge appeared, ..."

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