Smelly vs Foetid - What's the difference?
smelly | foetid |
Having a bad smell.
(figuratively) having a quality that arouses suspicion.
(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.
As adjectives the difference between smelly and foetid
is that smelly is having a bad smell while foetid is .smelly
English
Adjective
(er)- She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly .
- The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case".
- That smelly code needs to be refactored.