FETIDNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The attribute of having a strong offensive smell

Synonyms:

fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fetidness" is a kind of...):

aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fetidness"):

B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)

Derivation:

fetid (offensively malodorous)