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Malodorous vs Odious - What's the difference?

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Malodorous is a related term of odious.


As adjectives the difference between malodorous and odious

is that malodorous is having a bad odor while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

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

    odious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    • Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
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    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=6 citation , passage=He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

    Synonyms

    * detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable

    Anagrams

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