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smell·y

 (smĕl′ē)
adj. smell·i·er, smell·i·est Informal
Having a noticeable, usually unpleasant or offensive odor.
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smelly

(ˈsmɛlɪ)
adj, smellier or smelliest
having a strong or nasty smell
ˈsmelliness n
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smell•y

(ˈsmɛl i)

adj. smell•i•er, smell•i•est.
emitting a strong or unpleasant odor.
[1860–65]
smell′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.smelly - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
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smelly

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smelly

adjective
Informal. Having an unpleasant odor:
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Translations
كَرِيهُ الْرَائِحَةُكَريه الرائِحَه
páchnoucí
ildelugtende
haiseva
smrdljiv
büdös
illa òefjandi
いやなにおいのする
악취가 나는
smrdljiv
illaluktande
มีกลิ่นเหม็น
pis kokulukokmuş
nặng mùi

smelly

[ˈsmelɪ] ADJ (smellier (compar) (smelliest (superl))) → maloliente, apestoso
the pub was dirty and smellyel pub era sucio y maloliente or apestoso
it's smelly in hereaquí dentro huele mal or apesta
he's got smelly feetle huelen los pies
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smelly

[ˈsmɛli] adjqui sent mauvais, malodorant(e)
He's got smelly feet → Il a les pieds qui sentent mauvais., Il pue des pieds.
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smelly

adj (+er)übel riechend, stinkend; it’s smelly in herehier drin stinkt es; smelly cheese (inf)Stinkkäse m (inf); you’ve got smelly feetdeine Füße stinken; come here, smelly!komm her, du kleines Stinktier! (inf)
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smelly

[ˈsmɛlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → puzzolente
it's smelly in here → qui c'è puzza
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smell

(smel) noun
1. the sense or power of being aware of things through one's nose. My sister never had a good sense of smell.
2. the quality that is noticed by using this power. a pleasant smell; There's a strong smell of gas.
3. an act of using this power. Have a smell of this!
verbpast tense, past participles smelled, ~smelt (smelt)
1. to notice by using one's nose. I smell gas; I thought I smelt (something) burning.
2. to give off a smell. The roses smelt beautiful; Her hands smelt of fish.
3. to examine by using the sense of smell. Let me smell those flowers.
-smelling
having a (particular kind of) smell. a nasty-smelling liquid; sweet-smelling roses.
ˈsmelly adjective
having a bad smell. smelly fish.
ˈsmelliness noun
smell out
to find (as if) by smelling. We buried the dog's bone, but he smelt it out again.
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smelly

كَرِيهُ الْرَائِحَةُ páchnoucí ildelugtende übelriechend δύσοσμος maloliente haiseva malodorant smrdljiv puzzolente いやなにおいのする 악취가 나는 stinkend (ille)luktende śmierdzący fedido, malcheiroso вонючий illaluktande มีกลิ่นเหม็น pis kokulu nặng mùi 难闻的
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References in classic literature ?
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.
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.
"I should like to see the world, but not in such a small, untidy, smelly place as this.
It was damp and smelly, and over- grown with thorns and briars.
I clung to my ship, for all the bother she caused me, but what I could not bear were the long lonely evenings in her cuddy, where the atmosphere, made smelly by a leaky lamp, was agitated by the snoring of the mate.
It was on a back water surrounded by scrub and forest, with a pretty border of smelly mud on one side, and on the three others inclosed by a crazy fence of rushes.
Visit the dentist twice a year to make sure your mouth is healthy, so your breath transforms from smelly to smell-free.
It is a simple job for a vet but is probably the most smelly job that a vet could ever embark upon.
Residents of Birkenhead are being encouraged to donate their worn-out, smelly, old shoes to be recycled during October and November, while Wynsors' donation boost is live.
When we don't do these things smelly debris collects on our tongue, teeth and gums.
"I have a number of canaries and love birds at home, they sing but within my property and there has been no complaint against me from any neighbour because I respect them and don't want trouble with them, but if they tell me that my birds are noisy or smelly then I will sell them.