Definitions for smelly
ˈsmɛl ismel·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scentedadjective

   offensively malodorous

   "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

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1. smellyadjective

   Having a bad smell.

   She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.

2. smellyadjective

   having a quality that arouses suspicion.

   The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case".

3. smellyadjective

   Of inferior quality.

   That smelly code needs to be refactored.

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1. smelly

   Smelly generally refers to something having a strong, typically unpleasant or offensive odor.

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Anagrams for smelly »

1. mysell

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How to say smelly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smelly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smelly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of smelly in a Sentence

1. Christina Kim:

   It's nice that this room is actually closed off because this is where the smelly part happens.

2. South African Stacey Fru:

   I thought the books I was reading were also made by the kids my age and I thought okay, I want to be like them and I want to write my own book, so I did, ... I knew ('Smelly Cats') was going to be a good story. So I didn't do any extra planning, I just started ...writing first day.

3. Son Chhay:

   Corruption runs too deeply, parliament has a duty to monitor the work of the government and when it's smelly and rotten like this, Cambodia faces hardship.

4. Hanam Tran:

   It wasn't as smelly as we thought.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I view this not just as an environmental disaster and a health crisis, this is a civil rights issue. I have said and I will repeat here today, if it had been a rich white suburb when the water was brown and smelly, people would immediately come to the rescue of those families.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smelly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smelly
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=smelly