fetid

or foet·id

[ fet-id, fee-tid ]

adjective

1. having an offensive odor; stinking.

   Synonyms: noisome, smelly, malodorous

fetid

/ ˈfɛtɪd; ˈfiː- /

adjective

1. having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay

Derived Forms

• ˈfetidness, noun
• ˈfetidly, adverb

Other Words From

• fetid·ly adverb
• fetid·ness fe·tidi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fetid¹

1590–1600; < Latin fētidus, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -idus -id ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of fetid¹

C16: from Latin fētidus , from fētēre to stink; related to fūmus smoke

Example Sentences

It’s a fetid, ugly place filled with nazis, racists, greedy venture capitalists, grifters, drifters, father stabbers, P Diddy lovers, mother rapers and father rapers, as Arlo Guthrie sang, sitting right there on the Group W bench.

From Salon

That fetid gust of hot air you may have detected wafting from Republican and conservative social media postings over the last day or two was a fabricated claim that Kamala Harris is plotting to tax everyone’s unrealized capital gains if she becomes president.

From Los Angeles Times

Pawpaws' maroon flowers and fetid odor suggest that flies and beetles are the plant's primary pollinators.

From Salon

Donald Trump was dancing like one of Satan’s imps, taunting and insulting Biden for leaving, mocking Harris as the new frontrunner, and attacking anyone else he could with his fetid rhetoric.

From Salon

By the end of the movie Swayze’s "cooler" has stopped a JCPenney department store from ruining the town’s all-American tanginess, or whatever, and heads off to spruce up some other fetid swill hole.

From Salon

Related Words

• noxious
• putrid
• revolting
• smelly
• stinking
• stinky