Mephitic - English meaning

adjective

Smelling extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The fetid water of the marsh

adjective

Smelling extremely bad and stale

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Fetid air/breath

adjective

Smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.

Usage examples:

The fusty odour of decay

adjective

Not fresh and smelling unpleasant especially because of being left slightly wet

Usage examples:

This room smells slightly fusty - i think i'll open a window., rupert's father belongs to some fust…

adjective

Old-fashioned in ideas and beliefs

Usage examples:

Rupert's father belongs to some fusty old gentleman's club where they don't allow women in.

adjective

Of great vertical extent.

Usage examples:

The top of a high mountain

noun

A high point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

Commodity prices were at a rare high

adverb

At or to a considerable or specified height.

Usage examples:

The sculpture stood about five feet high

verb

Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.

Usage examples:

The computers hummed

noun

A low, steady continuous sound.

Usage examples:

The hum of insects

exclamation

Used to express hesitation or dissent.

Usage examples:

‘ah, hum, elsie, isn't it?’

adjective

Smelling very unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Leaking taps and malodorous drains

noun

An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.

Usage examples:

A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him

noun

An unpleasant fog that smells bad

Usage examples:

A miasma of pollution hung in the air above mexico city., after he lost his job, he sank into a mia…

adjective

Producing an unpleasant smell; noxious.

Usage examples:

That peculiarly miasmic atmosphere generated by small boys and adolescent teenagers

adjective

Having a stale, mouldy, or damp smell.

Usage examples:

A dark musty library

adjective

Smelling old and slightly wet

Usage examples:

A musty room

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

It smells a bit niffy down there., the room was starting to get niffy.

adjective

Having an extremely offensive smell.

Usage examples:

Noisome vapours from the smouldering waste

adjective

Very unpleasant and offensive

Usage examples:

A noisome stench

adjective

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Usage examples:

They were overcome by the noxious fumes

adjective

(esp. of a gas) poisonous or harmful

Usage examples:

Noxious gases

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

adjective

(of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.

Usage examples:

A butcher who sold putrid meat

adjective

(of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

Usage examples:

Rancid meat

adjective

(of food containing a fat such as butter or oil) tasting or smelling unpleasant because it is not fresh

noun

A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Usage examples:

An army officer of high rank

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

adjective

(of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely.

Usage examples:

Clumps of rank grass

verb

Smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.

Usage examples:

The yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure

noun

A foul smell.

Usage examples:

The reek of cattle dung

noun

Smoke.

Usage examples:

He recovered himself and turned to peer through the reek

adjective

Having a strong or unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

Smelly feet

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

Smelly feet, the basement is damp and smelly.

adjective

(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.

Usage examples:

Stale bread

verb

Make or become stale.

Usage examples:

She would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now

verb

(of an animal, especially a horse) urinate.

Usage examples:

The horse staled while he was riding

adjective

Foul-smelling.

Usage examples:

He was locked in a stinking cell

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

She is obviously stinking rich

verb

Have a strong unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

The place stank like a sewer

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

Whiffy socks

adjective

Smelling unpleasant

Usage examples:

He hadn't showered for a couple of days and was starting to get whiffy.