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• The same type as when it has rained, remained humid, a fetid stale of ozone over everything.2007, Constantine Sult, chapter 1, in The Murder of Linen, [United States]: Brown Paper Publishing, page 1. From the entry afterthought
• But that really is a piece of marketing underspeak for this fantastic fetid backplot.2003, Kate Fowle, Deborah Smith, To be Continued: Artists' Interventions Into the Public Realm, page 55. From the entry underspeak
• But the shift is not only tonal or textural, from sweet green growth to fetid brown decay.1980, Enid Rhodes Peschel, Medicine and literature, page 197. From the entry rottedness
• Contrasting the luxurious life of the foreigners with the overcrowded, fetid, waterless existence of the Arabs.1978 April 29, Robert Etherington, “Cast As Decandents, Again”, in Gay Community News, page 13. From the entry waterless
• In the small hours came the fetid smell of a flying-fox colony.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 64. From the entry colony
• He reached for another candy bar and hungrily devoured it, as fetid drabs of water fell on him from the ceiling.2015, Robert Levy, The Glittering World, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN. From the entry drab
• Diarrhœa of undigested, food, fetid, with ravenous appetite.2005, Edward Shalts, The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents, page 326. From the entry diarrhœa
• It occurred to me that the name Malena might be inspired by the whiffiness of this fetid stream.1992, Matthew Spender, Within Tuscany. From the entry whiffiness
• Their fish camp down the Yukon can be discouraging, too—a dirty, fetid, lightless cabin astink in aging salmon.1977, John McPhee, Coming into the Country, New York: Bantam, Book 3, p. 386. From the entry astink
• When he couldn’t take another step he hid under a lonesome gray house and squatted in the fetid water of the crawl space.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 147. From the entry crawl space
• But eco-fascism is a longstanding political ideology that is currently undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the contemporary extremist right.2019 March 19, Jason Wilson, “Eco-fascism is undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the extreme right”, in The Guardian. From the entry ecofascism
• I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of well-aged meat.2010 February 10, Nadia Arumugam, “Ignore Expiration Dates”, in Slate, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019. From the entry cow juice
• Jerry went for a thing called "lemon plait." He watched the dwindling supply with anguish, not strong enough to reach the counter in the fetid excitement of hungry boys.1936, Francis Hackett, The Green Lion, page 241. From the entry lemon plait
• He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40. From the entry dumbbell

Meaning of fetid

1. adjective Foul-smelling, stinking.
2. adjective Unpleasant.
3. noun The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

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How do you use fetid in a sentence?

Fetid is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.”

What is a short sentence with fetid?

“Diarrhœa of undigested, food, fetid, with ravenous appetite.”

What does fetid mean?

Fetid means foul-smelling, stinking.