malodorous

Questions about malodorous

What does malodorous mean?

malodorous means "having an unpleasant smell".

How many syllables are in malodorous?

malodorous has 4 syllables and divides as ma-lo-do-rous 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 malodorous?

Close synonyms include malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-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.

What is the opposite of malodorous?

The recorded antonyms are fragrant.

Is malodorous a common word?

malodorous 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.