Adjective: smelly (smellier,smelliest) sme-lee
- Having an offensive or unpleasant smell
"a smelly odour";
- fetid, foetid [Brit], foul, foul-smelling, funky [N. Amer, informal], noisome, stinking, ill-scented, olid [literary]
Derived forms: smelliest, smellier
See also: ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], stinky [informal], unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Smelly