: having a heavy offensive smell
a fetid swamp
fetidly
adverb
fetidness
noun
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Examples of fetid in a Sentence
a fetid pool of water
the fetid odor of rotting vegetables
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Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year.
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Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Only one of them has a fetish for the fetid stink of porta potties, but the other one has their weird kinks too.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
His writing included warnings to distinguish between leeches: good (round and shiny) and bad (black or blue in color and found near fetid water).
—Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.
—Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Only one of them has a fetish for the fetid stink of porta potties, but the other one has their weird kinks too.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
His writing included warnings to distinguish between leeches: good (round and shiny) and bad (black or blue in color and found near fetid water).
—Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.
—Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Fetid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetid. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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