malodourous

Questions about malodourous

What does malodourous mean?

malodourous means "having an unpleasant smell".

How many syllables are in malodourous?

malodourous has 4 syllables: ma-lo-dou-rous. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for malodourous?

Close synonyms include malodorous, 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.

Is malodourous a common word?

malodourous 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.