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ill-scented

ill-scented adjective: having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.

Adjective

ill-scented (comparative more ill-scented, superlative most ill-scented)

  1. (dated) Having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.
    • By an accurate dissection, which was made by Dr. Mitchell, it has been found, that this ill-scented fluid is entirely distinct from the urine.1807, James Mease, M.D., A Geological Account of the United States, Comprehending a Short Description of Their Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities, page 322
    • Much-branched and ill-scented annual, leafy up to the subsessile or short-pedunculate small heads:1885, John Merle Coulter, Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain Region From New Mexico to the British Boundary, page 197

Forms of ill-scented

comparativemore ill-scented
superlativemost ill-scented

Origin of ill-scented

From ill + scented.

Questions about ill-scented

What does ill-scented mean?
Ill-scented means having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.
What part of speech is ill-scented?
Ill-scented is an adjective.

Words near ill-scented in the dictionary

  1. ill-proportioned
  2. ill-qualified
  3. ill-received
  4. ill-repute
  5. ill-scathe
  6. ill-scented
  7. ill-seen
  8. ill-sorted
  9. ill-spent
  10. ill-starred
  11. ill-suited

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