Adjective: pongy (pongier,pongiest) póng-(g)ee
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: malodorous)
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: malodorous)
- Having an unpleasant smell
"The pongy garbage needed to be taken out immediately";
- malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky [informal], whiffy [Brit, informal], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: pongier, pongiest
See also: bilgy, fetid, foetid [Brit], foul, foul-smelling, frowsty [Brit, informal], funky [N. Amer, informal], fusty, gamey, gamy, high, ill-scented, mephitic, miasmatic, miasmic, musty, noisome, odiferous, odoriferous, odorous, olid [literary], putrid-smelling, rancid, rank-smelling, reeking, ripe [informal], smelly, sour, stinking