Meaning

2 senses
  1. Foul-smelling, stinking.

    I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

    stinkend

    воню́чийvonjúčij, зловонныйzlovonnyj, смрадныйsmradnyj

  2. (dated, slang)Unpleasant.

More definitions
  • offensively malodorous

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The fetid smell came from the dead rat in the corner.

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  2. Tom gave off a foul, fetid stench, but Mary pretended not to notice.

    deTom verbreitete einen bestialischen Gestank, doch Maria tat so, als röche sie nichts.

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  3. Tom gave off a foul, fetid stench, but Mary pretended not to smell anything.

    deTom verbreitete einen bestialischen Gestank, doch Maria tat so, als röche sie nichts.

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  4. As the lab was filled with a fetid odor, I could tell the synthesis had gone awry.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
foul-smelling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
foul-smelling:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

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Forms

more fetid, most fetid
Comparativemore fetid Lesson
Superlativemost fetid Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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