Meaning & use
foetid
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Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
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A foetid odor rose from the stagnant pond.
The alley behind the restaurant reeked with a foetid stench of garbage.
A note on using this word
"Foetid" is the British spelling of "fetid," which is more common in American English.
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