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• (noisome)- offensive or disgusting, as an odor, ( (
); ; ); The vapor from this pool was extremely noisome, and
tainted the air for a considerable distance;
• (malodorous)- having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad, ( ,
); The waste left from the process is usually greenish in color and
often malodorous. — Infection Control Today Articles;
• (effluvium)- a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, esp. one that is
disagreeable or noxious; We strove desperately to escape the
horrible effluvium, but it could not be avoided unless we buried our heads.
— Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz,
Ruhleben;
• (memphitis)- an offensive smell; a stench; Come along with me, and get
the mephitis blown out of you. — The Whirlpool;
smelt ~ emit : emanate : fetor = stench = reek wreak
• (smelt)- emit an odor;
• to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained, ( ;
); The furnace-man smelts tin with copper to
create a special alloy used in making bells;
• (emit)- to give or send out (matter or energy);
• (emanate)- to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come
forth; originate, ( ; ); The first things
you emanate are your appearance and your body language;
• (fetor)- an offensive odor; a stench; That place was heavy with the fetor of
corruption. — The Silver Spike;
• (stench)- an offensive smell or odor; stink, ( ; ); That horrible
chemical stench was entirely mysterious: hot metal and belly acid and
thoroughly rotted grass. — The Legacy of Heorot;
• (reek)- a strong, unpleasant smell, ( ); Foliage left in the water
deteriorates quickly and will not only cause the flowers to reek, but pollutes
the drinking water for the flowers;
• (wreak)- to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.), (
); There was a handful of
anarchists out to wreak havoc but the vast majority were there for a
passionate but peaceful protest;
musky ~ aromatic = fragrant = odorous = odiferous = odoriferous = perfumed =
redolent {evocative > evoke}
• (musky)- of or like musk, as an odor, ( ); It was a musky,