"malodorous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌmælˈəʊ.də.ɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmælˈoʊ.də.ɹəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-malodorous.ogg [US] Forms: more malodorous [comparative], most malodorous [superlative]
Etymology: mal- + odorous Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|odorous}} mal- + odorous Head templates: {{en-adj}} malodorous (comparative more malodorous, superlative most malodorous)
  1. Having a bad odor. Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms (having a bad odor): foul Translations (having a bad odor): һаҫыҡ (haśıq) (Bashkir), зловонен (zlovonen) (Bulgarian), malodorant (Dutch), stinkend (Dutch), onwelriekend (Dutch), malbonodora (Esperanto), malodorant [masculine] (French), pudent (Occitan), cuchnący [masculine] (Polish), śmierdzący [masculine] (Polish), злово́нный (zlovónnyj) [masculine] (Russian), злово́нная (zlovónnaja) [feminine] (Russian), злово́нное (zlovónnoje) [neuter] (Russian), maloliente (Spanish), illaluktande (Swedish), stinkande (Swedish), lusmelik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-malodorous-en-adj-XYroCG1H Disambiguation of Smell: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'having a bad odor': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'having a bad odor': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) Highly improper. Tags: figuratively Translations (highly improper): nieprzyzwoity [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-malodorous-en-adj-VOrWRNfU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mal- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mal-: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'highly improper': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: olfactible, unpleasant Hyponyms: nidorous, pungent, putrid Related terms: malodor, malodorously, malodorousness, mephitic, rank, stench [noun], reek [verb]

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      "word": "malodorant"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "word": "pudent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuchnący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "śmierdzący"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlovónnyj",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злово́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlovónnaja",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злово́нная"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlovónnoje",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "злово́нное"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "word": "maloliente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "word": "illaluktande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "word": "stinkande"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "having a bad odor",
      "word": "lusmelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "highly improper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nieprzyzwoity"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malodorous"
}

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