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fetid

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fet·id  (ftd, ftd) also foe·tid (ftd)
adj.
Having an offensive odor.
[Middle English, from Latin ftidus, from ftre, to stink.]
fetid·ly adv.
fetid·ness n.
fetid or foetid
Adjective
having a stale and unpleasant smell [Latin fetere to stink]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fetid - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, foetid, smelly, stinking, foul, noisome
ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
Translations
Spanish fetid [ˈfɛtɪd] adj → fétido
French fetid [ˈfɛtɪd] adj → fétide
German fetid [ˈfɛtɪd] adj → übel riechend
Italian fetid [ˈfɛtɪd] adj → fetido/a
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Yet for twenty miles and more, through fetid swamps and poisoned jungles, he had carried him over his shoulder, fighting fiercely for the lives of both of them, while there remained any chance whatever of escape.
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A faint, fetid smell came from him, and a thread of green liquid oozed from his crushed head.
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In some places the shores were completely covered with a stratum of dead salmon, exhausted in ascending the river, or destroyed at the falls; the fetid odor of which tainted the air.
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