smell up

1. 1.

   cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell

   Synonymsstink upstink out

   Broaderodorize

Questions about smell up

What does smell up mean?

smell up means "cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell".

What is another word for smell up?

Close synonyms include stink up, stink out. 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 smell up a common word?

smell up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.