foul-smelling

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foul-smelling

adj

having a very unpleasant smell

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Adj.

foul-smelling - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

fetid, foetid, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking, noisome, foul

ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell

foul-smelling

adjective

Having an unpleasant odor:

fetid, foul, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, reeky, stinking.

Informal: smelly.

Translations

foul-smelling

[ˈfaʊlˈsmelɪŋ] ADJ → pestilente, fétido

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foul-smelling

adj → übel riechend attr

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foul-smelling

[ˈfaʊlˈsmɛlɪŋ] adj → puzzolente, fetido/a

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foul-smelling

adj maloliente, que huele mal

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