nidorous

nidorous
adjective /ˈnaɪd.ə.ɹəs/lang=en/ˈnaɪ.də.ɹəs/lang=en
Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.

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  • Nidorous — Ni dor*ous, a. [L. nidorosus steaming, reeking: cf. F. nidoreux. See {Nidor}.] Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nidorous — ni·dor·ous …   English syllables

  • nidorous — ˈnīdərəs adjective Etymology: Late Latin nidorosus steaming, reeking, from Latin nidor + osus ous : rankly odorous : smelling of or like burning or decaying animal matter …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fetor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fetor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fetor fetor Sgm: N 1 bad bad &c. >Adj. smell bad odor Sgm: N 1 stench stench stink Sgm: N 1 foul odor foul odor malodor …   English dictionary for students

  • Nidorose — Ni dor*ose , a. Nidorous. [R.] Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • fetid — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, bad smelling, barfy, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, brackish, brutal, cloying, contemptible, crappy, crude, deplorable, despicable,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • foul — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abase, abeyant, abhorrent, abject, abominable, abuse, abusive, adulterate, adulterated, adverse, affronting, afoul, amoral, angry, apathetic, arrant, asperse, atrocious, awful, bad, bad for,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frowsty — Synonyms and related words: bad, bad smelling, blasted, blighted, blown, despoiled, fecal, fetid, flyblown, foul, frowsy, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, high, ill smelling, maggoty, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic …   Moby Thesaurus

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