as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
that fetid cheese from Belgium is definitely an acquired taste
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Recent Examples of fetid
During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.
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Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetid
Adjective
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019
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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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Today it is produced as a light wine with smooth, ripe tannins, floral violet notes and juicy berries.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Where to Store Pineapples Your uncut, ripe pineapple will stay fresh for up to 3 days sitting on the countertop.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Descending through a malodorous entrance in the Roman Forum, the team waded through the sewer until the water current became too powerful.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Public stations were expensive to maintain and quickly became dirty and malodorous.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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With one out and a runner on first, Alves read the ball and sprinted from his position at third base for a diving catch in foul territory for the second out.—
Jacob Steinberg,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The play occurred in the sixth inning when the ball was hit into foul territory.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Before, the engine room was a noisy, smelly space below deck.—
Chun-Lien Su,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2019
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If your plant’s roots or stems are mushy and smelly, your plant may be affected by root rot.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Using that platform to engage in partisan attacks and accuse former Department leadership of weaponizing law enforcement is a disgusting betrayal of those values.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Chicagoans will have no one to hold accountable at the ballot box when the buses don’t arrive and rail stations are filthy and crime-ridden.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The plastic waste China received was filthy, much of it too dirty to be cleaned, shredded, and turned into new plastic.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
7 Nov. 2022
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Performers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who long ago bartered their integrity and believability for money and ratings, can peddle their noisome pro-Trump propaganda on Fox News.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2022
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“Fetid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetid. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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