ill-smelling

Definitions of ill-smelling

1. adjective

   having an unpleasant smell
   synonyms: malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling

   bilgy

   smelling like bilge water

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

   offensively malodorous

   frowsty, fusty, musty

   stale and unclean smelling

   gamey, gamy, high

   (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

   mephitic, miasmic

   of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

   niffy

   (British informal) malodorous

   odoriferous, odorous

   emitting an odor

   putrid-smelling

   having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter

   rank-smelling

   having an offensive rancid odor

   reeking

   giving off a strong unpleasant smell

   rancid, sour

   smelling of fermentation or staleness