Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial)Having a bad smell.

    The whiffy smell of the compost pile made me turn away.

    The clothes smelled whiffy after being left in the damp laundry room.

Origin

From whiff + -y.

From whiff + -y.

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Forms

whiffier, whiffiest
Comparativewhiffier Lesson
Superlativewhiffiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
giving off a bad smell:fetidstinking
giving off a bad smell; colloquial/slang:niffypongystinky

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwhiffiness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whiffy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto