foetid

Questions about foetid

What does foetid mean?

foetid means "offensively malodorous".

How many syllables are in foetid?

foetid has 3 syllables and divides as fo-e-tid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for foetid?

Close synonyms include fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foetid a common word?

foetid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.