fetid
adjective
[ ˈfɛtɪd ]
• smelling extremely unpleasant.
• "the fetid water of the marsh"
Similar:
stinking,
smelly,
foul-smelling,
evil-smelling,
malodorous,
stinking to high heaven,
reeking,
pungent,
acrid,
high,
rank,
foul,
unpleasant,
nasty,
noxious,
fresh,
stinky,
reeky,
niffing,
niffy,
pongy,
whiffy,
humming,
funky,
noisome,
mephitic,
miasmic,
miasmal,
olid,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin fetidus (often erroneously spelled foetidus ), from fetere ‘to stink’. Compare with fetor.
