ill-smelling

Questions about ill-smelling

What does ill-smelling mean?

ill-smelling means "having an unpleasant smell".

How many syllables are in ill-smelling?

ill-smelling has 3 syllables: ill--smel-ling. The stress falls on "ill-".

What is another word for ill-smelling?

Close synonyms include malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, stinky. 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-smelling a common word?

ill-smelling 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.