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Loathsome vs Malodorous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between loathsome and malodorous

is that loathsome is highly offensive; sickening, abominable while malodorous is having a bad odor.

loathsome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • highly offensive; sickening, abominable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.

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    malodorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * malodourous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a bad odor
    • There were tons of malodorous garbage bags outside her house.
  • (figuratively) Highly improper.

    • Synonyms

    * (having a bad odor) foul, putrid, smelly, stinky, stenchy, fetid, funky, noisome, reeky, reeking, stinking, mephitic, foul-smelling, rank, rotten, smelly, vile, offensive; see also

    Antonyms

    * (having a good odor) fragrant

    Related terms

    * malodor * malodorously * malodorousness