"smelly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsmɛli/ Audio: En-au-smelly.ogg [Australia] Forms: smellier [comparative], smelliest [superlative]
enPR: smĕlʹē Rhymes: -ɛli Etymology: smell + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smell|y}} smell + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} smelly (comparative smellier, superlative smelliest)
  1. Having a bad smell. Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms (having a bad smell): fetid Translations (having a bad smell): مُنْتِن (muntin) (Arabic), һаҫыҡ (haśıq) (Bashkir), вонящ (vonjašt) (Bulgarian), зловонен (zlovonen) (Bulgarian), pudent (Catalan), (chòu) (Chinese Mandarin), smradlavý (Czech), ildelugtende (Danish), malbonodora (Esperanto), odoraĉa (Esperanto), fetora (Esperanto), haladza (Esperanto), pahanhajuinen (Finnish), haiseva (Finnish), puant [masculine] (French), puante [feminine] (French), malodorant (French), cheirento [masculine] (Galician), fedorento [masculine] (Galician), stinkend (German), מסריח (masríakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), büdös (Hungarian), puzzolente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), puzzoso [masculine] (Italian), fetente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), fetido [masculine] (Italian), maleodorante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), graveolente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 臭い (kusai) (alt: くさい) (Japanese), ផ្ដុស (pdoh) (Khmer), 냄새나는 (naemsae-naneun) (Korean), 지독한 (jidok-han) (Korean), odōrus (Latin), busuk (Malay), jinten [masculine] (Maltese), haunga (Maori), piro (Maori), kenokeno (Maori), whakapiro (Maori), गनाउने (ganāune) (Nepali), śmierdzący (Polish), cuchnący (Polish), smrodliwy (Polish), fedorento (Portuguese), mirositor (Romanian), воню́чий (vonjúčij) (Russian), ду́рно па́хнущий (dúrno páxnuščij) (Russian), злово́нный (zlovónnyj) (Russian), maloliente (Spanish), illaluktande (Swedish), mabaho (Tagalog), เหม็น (měn) (Thai), thối (Vietnamese), thúi (Vietnamese), hôi (Vietnamese), khắm (Vietnamese), lusmelik (Volapük), tsw phem (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-smelly-en-adj-DOat3ETI Disambiguation of Smell: 56 5 34 1 3 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 42 44 4 Disambiguation of 'having a bad smell': 74 7 19 Disambiguation of 'having a bad smell': 74 7 19
  2. (figuratively) Having a quality that arouses suspicion. Tags: figuratively Synonyms (having a quality that arouses suspicion): dodgy [informal], doubtful, dubious, suspect, suspicious Translations (computing: of inferior quality): surkea (Finnish), onneton (Finnish) Translations (having a quality that arouses suspicion): съмнителен (sǎmnitelen) (Bulgarian), podezřelý (Czech), epäilyttävä (Finnish), sospetto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-smelly-en-adj-6xnV6gXB Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 26 37 3 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 42 44 4 Disambiguation of 'having a quality that arouses suspicion': 5 88 7 Disambiguation of 'computing: of inferior quality': 4 80 16 Disambiguation of 'having a quality that arouses suspicion': 5 88 7
  3. (figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell. Tags: figuratively, slang Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-smelly-en-adj-ckLy9EiN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 42 3 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 26 37 3 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 42 44 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foul-smelling, malodorous, rank, stinky [slang], whiffy [slang] Derived forms: smelly freckle
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsmɛli/ Audio: En-au-smelly.ogg [Australia] Forms: smellies [plural]
enPR: smĕlʹē Rhymes: -ɛli Etymology: smell + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smell|y}} smell + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} smelly (plural smellies)
  1. (rare) A smelly person. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-smelly-en-noun-VlCYq0u4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: smellies [plural]
Etymology: A comical pronunciation of the initials SMLE. Head templates: {{en-noun}} smelly (plural smellies)
  1. (firearms, informal) a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-smelly-en-noun-pGHVlg4y Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 26 37 3 31 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "воню́чий"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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      "sense": "having a quality that arouses suspicion",
      "word": "съмнителен"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a quality that arouses suspicion",
      "word": "podezřelý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a quality that arouses suspicion",
      "word": "epäilyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a quality that arouses suspicion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sospetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: of inferior quality",
      "word": "surkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: of inferior quality",
      "word": "onneton"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛli",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛli/2 syllables",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Richard Dowling, chapter 31, in All the Beautiful People, London: Arthur Barker Limited […], page 228",
          "text": "And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Ian Whybrow, Little Wolf’s Postbag, London: Collins, page 45",
          "text": "Or if you know any piglets with water pistols, maybe you could throw them a bottle of gargle and say, ‘Hoy you smellies, I bet you can’t squirt the little dangly thing up the dark end of my gob with this’.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 June, “Anti-Fascism in Liverpool: Action! Race War to Door Wars [Review]”, in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library, number 58-9, London: Kate Sharpley Library, →ISSN, page 7, column 1",
          "text": "However, according to [Joey] Owens, these anarchists are all a bunch of smellies, who run away “screaming” while forever being hit over the head with iron bars by victorious fascists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[2012, Joe O’Neill, Wrath of the Caid (The Red Hand Adventures; II), [Hood River, Ore.]: Black Ship Publishing, page 92",
          "text": "Both of them had been called “little smellies,” because Hillie insisted their breath reeked of garlic and fish.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Shweta Taneja, Cult of Chaos: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery, Noida, Uttar Pradesh: HarperCollins Publishers India, page 212",
          "text": "I have two little smellies to think of too. Family is big and cost of living in this city is increasing by the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A smelly person."
      ],
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        "(rare) A smelly person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsmɛli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛli"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-au-smelly.ogg/En-au-smelly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-au-smelly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "smĕlʹē"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smelly"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Smell"
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  "etymology_text": "A comical pronunciation of the initials SMLE.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives."
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          "firearm"
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        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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        "war",
        "weaponry"
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}

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