ill-scented

Questions about ill-scented

What does ill-scented mean?

ill-scented means "offensively malodorous".

How many syllables are in ill-scented?

ill-scented has 3 syllables: ill--scen-ted. The stress falls on "ill-".

What is another word for ill-scented?

Close synonyms include fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky. 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 ill-scented a common word?

ill-scented 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.