smelly

1. 1.

   offensively malodorous

   “a foul odor”

   “the kitchen smelled really funky”

   Synonymsfetidfoetidfoulfoul-smellingfunkynoisomestinkingill-scented

   Similarmalodorous

Other forms of smelly

comparative or superlative

smellier

comparative or superlative

smelliest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smelly

What does smelly mean?

smelly means "offensively malodorous".

How many syllables are in smelly?

smelly has 2 syllables: smel-ly. The stress falls on "smel". In IPA it is /ˈsmɛli/.

What is another word for smelly?

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 smelly a common word?

smelly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.