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smellier

smellier is the comparative form of smelly.

Meaning of smelly

Adjective

smelly (comparative smellier, superlative smelliest)

  1. Having a bad smell.
    • She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.
    Synonyms:
    fetid
  2. (figuratively) Having a quality that arouses suspicion.
    • The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."
  3. (figuratively, slang) Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.
    • That smelly code needs to be refactored.

See all 5 meanings of smelly

Questions about smellier

What is smellier the comparative form of?
Smellier is the comparative form of smelly.

Words near smellier in the dictionary

  1. smellful
  2. smellfungi
  3. smellfungus
  4. smellfunguses
  5. smellie
  6. smellier
  7. smellies
  8. smelliest
  9. smellily
  10. smellin'
  11. smelliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smellier (page history and authors); smelly (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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