Word Meanings - FETID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having an offensive smell; stinking. Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FETID)
- Musty
- Fusty
- rank
- mouldy
- frowzy
- stale
- sour
- fetid
- mildewed
- Offensive
- Aggressive
- obnoxious
- distasteful
- displeasing
- foul
- unsavory
- Rancid
- Sour
- tainted
- olid
- reasty
- musty
Related words: (words related to FETID)
- RANCIDLY
In a rancid manner. - OBNOXIOUS
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. Milton. - STALELY
1. In a state stale manner. 2. Of old; long since. B. Jonson. - FROWZY
Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. "With head all frowzy." Spenser. The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells. - FETIDNESS
The quality or state of being fetid. - MUSTY
1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Harvey. 2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat - OFFENSIVE
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." - TAINTWORM
A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva. - DISPLEASANCE
Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. Chaucer. - TAINTURE
Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. Shak. - TAINTLESSLY
In a taintless manner. - DISTASTEFUL
1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or - STALEMATE
The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved. - STALE
The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. But seeling the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. Chapman. (more info) steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. stall, stalk, - STALENESS
The quality or state of being stale. - RANCIDITY
The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil. Ure. - FETID
Having an offensive smell; stinking. Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon. - DISPLEASER
One who displeases. - DISPLEASANT
Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. - DISPLEASING
Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke. - INOFFENSIVE
1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance. 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden. 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. Milton. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - RAKESTALE
The handle of a rake. That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer. - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - ASAFETIDA; ASAFOETIDA
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant of Persia and the East India. - VESTALES
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.