smelly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having a bad smell.

   • She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.
2. 2

   Having a quality that arouses suspicion.

   • The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."
3. 3

   Having signs that suggest a design problem

   Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

   • That smelly code needs to be refactored.
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   1. 4

      A smelly person.

      • And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly.
      • Or if you know any piglets with water pistols, maybe you could throw them a bottle of gargle and say, ‘Hoy you smellies, I bet you can’t squirt the little dangly thing up the dark end of my gob with this’.
      • However, according to [Joey] Owens, these anarchists are all a bunch of smellies, who run away “screaming” while forever being hit over the head with iron bars by victorious fascists.
   2. 5

      a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

The neighborhood

• synonymfoul-smelling
• synonymmalodorous
• synonymrank
• synonymstinky
• synonymwhiffy
• antonymaromaticantonym(s) of “having a bad smell”
• antonymfragrantantonym(s) of “having a bad smell”
• antonymsweet-smellingantonym(s) of “having a bad smell”
• antonymabove boardantonym(s) of “having a quality that arouses suspicion”
• antonymcleanantonym(s) of “having a quality that arouses suspicion”