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Foulness

adj.

pungent

Meaning: having a pointed, sharp quality—often used to describe smells

Usage: The pungent odor in the classroom made Joseph lose his concentration during the test.

adj.

fetid

Meaning: having a foul odor

Usage: I can tell from the fetid smell in your refrigerator that your milk has spoiled.

adj.

rancid

Meaning: having a terrible taste or smell

Usage: Rob was double-dog-dared to eat the rancid egg salad sandwich.

adj.

noisome

Meaning: unpleasant, offensive, especially to the sense of smell

Usage: Nobody would enter the stalls until the horse’s noisome leavings were taken away.

adj.

putrid

Meaning: rotten, foul

Usage: Those rotten eggs smell putrid.