smell ill

  • 1ill, sick — These terms mean of unsound physical or mental health, unhealthy, diseased, afflicted, not well. In the United States, they are used interchangeably, with ill being considered the more formal and sometimes applied only to more serious maladies… …

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  • 2smell a rat — verb To sense something suspicious. Oh, are you thereabouts, sir? then I smell a rat, i’faith; but Ill say nothing …

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  • 3ill-scented — adjective offensively malodorous a foul odor the kitchen smelled really funky • Syn: ↑fetid, ↑foetid, ↑foul, ↑foul smelling, ↑funky, ↑noisome, ↑smel …

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  • 4ill-smelling — adjective having an unpleasant smell • Syn: ↑malodorous, ↑malodourous, ↑unpleasant smelling, ↑stinky • Ant: ↑fragrant (for: ↑malodorous) …

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  • 5Sweet Smell of Success — Infobox Film name = Sweet Smell of Success image size = caption = Theatrical poster director = Alexander Mackendrick producer = James Hill writer = Ernest Lehman (novelette) Clifford Odets Ernest Lehman narrator = starring = Burt Lancaster Tony… …

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  • 6stink — I. v. n. Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench. II. n. Stench, fetor, offensive odor, bad smell …

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  • 7Fust — Fust, v. i. To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8malodorous — mal*o dor*ous, a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill smelling. {mal*o dor*ous*ness}. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9malodorousness — malodorous mal*o dor*ous, a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill smelling. {mal*o dor*ous*ness}. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 10ie — ill deed·ie; ill will·ie; kilt·ie; kitch·ie; lamb·ie; long·ie; lung·ie; mack·ie; mac·quar·ie; mash·ie; mat·ie; meal·ie; mean·ie; me·nag·er·ie; mon·ie; mount·ie; mov·ie; mov·ie·dom; mox·ie; mox·ie·ber·ry; night·ie; nor·ie; old·ie; pant·ie;… …

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