Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having a bad smell.

    She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.

    stinkend

    воню́чийvonjúčij, ду́рно па́хнущийdúrno páxnuščij, злово́нныйzlovónnyj

  2. (figuratively)Having a quality that arouses suspicion.

    The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."

  3. (figuratively, slang)Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

    That smelly code needs to be refactored.

More definitions
  • offensively malodorous

Examples

38 sentences
  1. It's kosher but it's smelly.

    Він кошерний, але смердючий.

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  2. How do I tell Tom about his smelly socks without making the situation too awkward?

    Як мені сказати Тому про його смердючі шкарпетки, при цьому не спровокуваши занадто незручну ситуацію?

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  3. I think of them as smelly.

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  4. The slime was blackish and smelly.

    ruТина была черноватой и вонючей.

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  5. Robert's mouth was a bit smelly.

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Translations

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Forms

smellier, smelliest
Comparativesmellier Lesson
Superlativesmelliest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms
having a quality that arouses suspicion:above boardcleanA1

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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