noisomeness

noun

Definition of noisomenessnext
as in fetidness

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  1. stench
  2. funk
  3. malodor
  4. fetor
  5. stink
Noun
  • The rule of law The Takei family spent the first night after their arrest squeezed into a horse stall at a local racetrack, with flies buzzing overhead, overwhelmed by the stench of horse manure.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Put them in a big game against a good team and no amount of Febreze can remove the stench.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of stench
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  • James Brown was the inventor of funk, and the form’s two mythical inheritor-innovators were Sly Stone and George Clinton.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The film is the untold story of influential pioneer of funk and his tumultuous journey to founding musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of funk
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  • The panel was assembled to determine changes in oral malodor resulting from dietary manipulation.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2014
  • The malodor of halitosis usually results from the bacterial breakdown of amino acids in food debris, saliva, blood, and postnasal drip in the oral cavity.
    H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2011
Definition of malodor
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  • The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.
    Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
    Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Definition of fetor
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  • Wearing none of the stink of Unfrosted, which somehow got an Outstanding Television Movie nomination!
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
  • All are winnable for a variety of reasons: Atlanta’s defense stinks, Cleveland just stinks, Indianapolis’ Anthony Richardson is less accurate than a Colorado winter forecast, and Kansas City could rest its starters in the season finale with the No. 1 seed secured.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of stink
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