| Main Entry: | rancid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, strong-smelling |
Synonyms: |
bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, soured, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, turned, unhealthy, whiffy |
Antonyms: |
perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed |
Synonyms: |
moldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, ok, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | gamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ill-smelling; corrupt |
Synonyms: |
fetid, foul, malodorous, pungent, rancid, rank, reeking, seamy, sordid, strong-flavored, strong-smelling, strong-tasting, tainted |
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrill, strong (on the senses) |
Synonyms: |
acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, piping, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, sharp, smelly, soprano, strident, treble |
Antonyms: |
low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | malodorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foul-smelling |
Synonyms: |
bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, funky*, fusty, gamy, high*, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, off*, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile |
Antonyms: |
aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet |
| Main Entry: | off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior; spoiled |
Synonyms: |
bad, decomposed, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, low-quality, mortifying, not up to par, not up to snuff, poor, putrid, quiet, rancid, rotten, slack, sour, substandard, turned, unrewarding, unsatisfactory |
Antonyms: |
on |
| Main Entry: | putrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, stinking |
Synonyms: |
bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, moldered, nidorous, noisome, off, putrefied, rancid, rank, reeking, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, whiffy |
Antonyms: |
fresh, perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stinking, foul |
Synonyms: |
bad, dank, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, funky*, fusty, gamy, graveolent, gross*, high, humid, loathsome, mephitic, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, off, offensive, olid, pungent, putrescent, putrid, rancid, reeking, repulsive, revolting, smelly, sour, stale, strong, strong-smelling, tainted, turned |
Antonyms: |
aromatic, perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed, decaying |
Synonyms: |
bad, bad-smelling, corroded, corrupt, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disgusting, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering, moldy, noisome, noxious, offensive, overripe, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrid, putrified, rancid, rank, rotting, smelling, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound |
Antonyms: |
fresh, good, new, pleasant, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | smelly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a bad odor |
Synonyms: |
evil-smelling, fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, high, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stinking, strong, strong- smelling, whiffy |
Antonyms: |
good-smelling, perfumed |