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niffy

niffy adjective: having a bad smell.

Adjective

niffy (comparative niffier, superlative niffiest)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Having a bad smell.
    • The gym locker room always smells niffy after a workout.
    • There was a niffy smell coming from the old boots in the corner.

niffy meaning in Bengali and Kannada

niffy in Bengali

দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত

niffy in Kannada

ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆಯ, ದುರ್ನಾತದ

Synonyms of niffy

Forms of niffy

comparativeniffier
superlativeniffiest

Origin of niffy

From niff + -y.

Words that rhyme with niffy

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about niffy

What does niffy mean?
Niffy means having a bad smell.
What is niffy in Bengali?
Niffy in Bengali is দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত. See Niffy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is niffy?
Niffy is an adjective.

Words near niffy in the dictionary

  1. niffler
  2. nifflers
  3. niffles
  4. niffling
  5. niffs
  6. niffy
  7. nifH
  8. nifHs
  9. nifidepine
  10. nifkin
  11. nifkins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: niffy (page history and authors); niffy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); niffy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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