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MALODOROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malodorousness mean?
• MALODOROUSNESS (noun)
The noun MALODOROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Familiarity information: MALODOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness
Hypernyms ("malodorousness" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malodorousness"):
B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)
Derivation:
malodorous (having an unpleasant smell)
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