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smelly

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smell·y  (sml)
adj. smell·i·er, smell·i·est Informal
Having a noticeable, usually unpleasant or offensive odor.

smelly
Adjective
[smellier, smelliest] having a nasty smell
smelliness n
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Adj.1.smelly - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

smelly
adjective stinking, reeking, fetid, foul-smelling, high, strong, foul, putrid, strong-smelling, stinky (informal) malodorous, evil-smelling, noisome, whiffy Brit. (slang) pongy Brit. (informal) mephitic, niffy Brit. (slang) olid, festy Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE fragrant
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Spanish smelly [ˈsmɛlɪ] adjmaloliente
French smelly [ˈsmɛlɪ] smell adjqui sent mauvais, malodorant(e)
German smelly [ˈsmɛlɪ] smell (pej) adjstinkend
Italian smelly [ˈsmɛlɪ] adjpuzzolente

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It came to him, in a flash of fancy, that her nature seemed taking on the attributes of stale vegetables, smelly soapsuds, and of the greasy dimes, nickels, and quarters she took in over the counter of the store.
I should like to see the world, but not in such a small, untidy, smelly place as this.
Moore--and after a considerable search through a section of London which he had never before visited, he found the smelly little quarters of the pock-marked old man.
 
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