Reverse Dictionary: SMELL

ADJECTIVES
► CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous → 19C sl.
► CACODOROUS ill-smelling, malodorous → 1863 rare
► DAIN putrid, bad-smelling → 1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
► DAINTY evil-smelling → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FAINT having a sickly smell → 1864 obs.
► FOXY smelly with perspiration odour → Bk2006 US sl.
► FROWISH stale-smelling, fetid → 1608 obs.
► FROWSTY fusty, musty, having an unpleasant smell → 1865
► FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling; musty, stale, not sweet → 1579
► FROWZY ill-smelling, fusty, musty; having an unpleasant smell from being dirty, unwashed, etc. → 1681
► FULSOME  foul-smelling, rank; strong-smelling, pungent → 1576
► FUNK a strong, usually unpleasant smell; a bad odour; a stench; a musky odour of sweat; a stink → 1606
► FUNKED having an offensive smell; foul-smelling → 1835
► FUNKED-OUT having an offensive smell; malodorous, foul-smelling → 1893
► FUNKIFIED of food, clothing, etc.: that has become rancid or rank; that gives off a powerful and unpleasant smell → 1965 US
► FUNKY having a strong or offensive smell; smelling of sweat; musky, pungent, rank → 1680
– of food or drink: having a rich, intense, or overripe smell or flavour; also, rancid, mouldy → 1784
► GUNGY messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged → 1962 UK sl.
► HIGH AS A DINGO’S HOWL foul-smelling → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► HONKING very smelly; of inferior quality → 1985 Sc.
► LOUD of a smell: strong, offensive; of evil odour → 1641 sl., now chiefly Amer. dial.
► MALEOLENT having an ill smell → 1657 obs. rare
► MALODOROUS evil-smelling → 1850
► MANKY dirty; smelly → 2012 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINGIN ► MINGING smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross → playground sl.
► MISCOMFIST neatly stifled with a bad smell → Bk1903 Sc.  
► MONGIE dirty; evil-smelling; nasty → 1970s Eng. sl.
► MUSTY-FUSTY having a stale smell; mouldy → 1857
► NASUTE having a strong sense of smell → 1699 obs. RARE
► NEBWISE having a keen sense of smell → 1899 Sc.
► NIDOROUS resembling the smell or taste of roast meat or fat; of smells: strong and unpleasant → 1626 rare
► NIFFY smelly, malodorous→ 1901 sl.
► NIS-WISE having or pretending to have an acute sense of smell → 1790 Sc.
► ODIFERANT that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant → a1529 obs.
► ODIFEROUS that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant → a1400 obs.
► ODORABLE that can be smelled; perceptible to the sense of smell → 1589 obs.
► ODORAMINOUS smelling sweet; fragrant; pertaining to odour → 1656 obs. rare
► ODORIFERANT that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant → 1549 rare
► ODORIFERE that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant → 1527 obs. rare
► ODORIFIC that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant → 1796 obs. rare
► OLEFACTIBLE ► OLFACTIBLE that may be smelled → c1705
► OLENT smelling, giving out a smell or scent → 1607 rare
► OLFACTIVE pert. to the sense of smell → 1654
► OLFACTORY pert. to the sense of smell; connected or concerned with smelling → 1658
► OLID having a strong disagreeable smell; fetid, rank → 1680
► OLIDOUS having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid, rank, stinking → 1646 obs. rare
► ON THE BUGLE foul-smelling, smelly → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► ON THE NOSE smelly; objectionable; decayed; stinking; esp. of rotten organic matter, as food → 1941 Aust. sl.
► PHUNKY smelly; obnoxious → Bk2006 US sl.
► PONGY smelly → 1936 sl.
► POOEY containing excrement; disgusting, distasteful, smelly → 1967 mainly UK & Aust.
► PUTREDINOUS characterized by putrefaction; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten → 1641 obs.
► QUICK of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk → 1573 obs.
► RAFTY fusty, stale; with a musty, disagreeable odour → Bk19C Eng. dial.
► RAM of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable → c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAMP rank, rancid, having a strong smell → 1824 Sc.
► RANK having an offensively strong smell; rancid → a1529
► RANKISH having a bad smell, stinking → 1661 obs. rare
► RAUNCHY dirty, sloppy, and bad-smelling → M20 US sl.
► SMEEKY smelly → 1600 Sc.
► SMELLS LIKE A BUZZARD ON A GUT WAGON very smelly, stinking → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SNIFTY having a pleasant or agreeable smell → 1891 Amer. sl.
► SUAVEOLENT sweet-smelling; sweet-scented → 1657 rare
► THIN-NOSED keen-scented → 1899 Eng. dial.
► UNCLEAN of air or smells: foul or impure → c1400 obs.
► VALIANT strong in respect of smell or taste → 1607 obs.
► VENTING that smells or snuffs → 1637 obs.
► WHIFFY smelly → 1849 sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► HAUNA! said when one smells a very bad odour → 1967 Hawaii
► PA-SHEW! used of a very bad smell → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PSHEW! used of a very bad smell → 1965 Amer. dial.
► P.U.! said on smelling a bad smell, as something rotting → Bk1974 colloq.
► SHEW! used of a very bad smell → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SHEW, THAT WOULD STINK A DOG OFF A GUT WAGON! used of a very bad smell → 1965 Amer. dial.
► YOU’D STINK ANYBODY OFF A GUT WAGON said of somebody who smells → 1930 Amer. sl.

NOUNS
► AIR BISCUIT an extremely malodorous fart or bad vomity smell → 1980s sl.
► ANDI stench, offensive smell → 1914 Sc.
► ANNA MAY WONG a stink; a smell → 1920s Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pong’
► AUTOSMIA the smelling of one’s own bodily odours → 2001 (Bk.)
► DAME JUDI (DENCH) a stench → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► EEM a hot fetid smell, such as that from a stuffy atmosphere → 1929 Sc.
► EK a nauseating whiff of some ill-smelling thing → 1929 Sc.
► FEAUSAN a smell or taste; a strong taste → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► FEFF a bad smell, a stench → 1828 Sc.
► FEIST a smell of fustiness or closeness → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench → 1823
► FUNK a powerful, unpleasant smell, esp. a pungent or musky odour of sweat or other bodily excretions; a stink → 1606
► FUNKINESS a having a strong, unpleasant, or pungent smell or flavour → 1843 orig. US
► FUST a strong smell, as that of a mouldy barrel → 1755 obs.
► FUZZEN a smell or taste; a strong taste → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► GAPO Giant ArmPit Odour → 20C teen & high school sl.
► GOUCH a bad smell → 1839 Sc.
► GUFF an offensive smell; a whiff, savour → 1864 Sc.
► GUSH a smell, a whiff, as of tobacco → 1838 colloq.
► HUM an unpleasant smell → 1906 Brit. sl.
► MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench → 1825
► MONKEY’S WEDDING an unpleasant smell → 20C Royal Navy sl.
► NADKIN ► NATKIN a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long → 1825 Sc. obs.
► NIFF an unpleasant smell, a stink → 1896 sl.
► NOSE smell, odour; perfume → 1894
► ODORATION a savouring or smelling → 1623 rare
► ODOROSITY the quality of being odorous → 1847 rare
► ODOUR the sense of smell → 1398 obs. rare
► ODOURET a faint smell → 1825 nonce word
► OLFACIENT something that affects the sense of smell → 1822-34 rare
► OLFACT the organ or sense of smell → 1657 obs. rare
► OLFACTION the act of smelling or the sense of smell → a1846
► OLFACTOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of smells → Bk1991
► OLFACTOR he or that which smells → 1829 rare
► OLFACTORY anything to smell; a posy or nosegay → 1656 obs. rare
– the power of smelling → 1775 obs. rare
– an organ of smelling → 1823
► PONG an unpleasant smell → 1919 sl.
► PUTOR a bad or unpleasant smell → 1565 obs.
► RAFT a fusty and damp smell, such as often proceeds from what has been closely shut up → Bk19C Eng. dial.
► RAM a rank odour; an offensive smell → a1838 Sc.
► REEK fumes, scent, smell → 1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCENT OF GUSSET smell of the armpits → a1685 obs.
► SMACK scent, odour, smell → 1000 obs.
► SMEECH smoke, esp. foul-smelling or pungent smoke; dense or thick vapour; fine dust suspended in the air; also, a bad smell, a stink → 1000 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SMEEK a strong or foul smell → 1425
► SOMETHING TO LIFT THE SCALP a terrible, fetid smell → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STYTHE a suffocating smell → 1823 Eng. dial.
► THEEF a stench, a bad smell → Bk1905 Sc.
► THIN NOSE a nose keenly susceptible to smells → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► VAAM odour, smell, flavour, aroma → 1866 Sc.
► VEHEMENCE intensity or strength of smell or colour → 1535 rare
► VENTING the act of smelling or snuffing → 1611 obs.
► VERDURE smell, odour → 1520 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAIT a woman with noticeable body odour → 1980 African-American sl.
► FUSTILUGS a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► KANITSENO a stinker, ‘stinking one’ → M19 back-slang 
► MEFF a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits → c1960s UK playground sl.
► MEFFER a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits → c1960s UK playground sl.
► MINGER a person who smells bad; hence, an unattractive person of either sex → 1992 UK sl.
► MOBILE DUNGHEAP a dirty, smelly person → Bk2004 Brit. sl.
► PUCKAWN a man who smells → Irish sl.
► SCANK ► SKANK a female who smells badly → 1980 US sl.
► SKEG a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person → 2000s sl.
► SKEGGY a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person → 2000s sl.
► SMELLER one who has a smell; a stinker → 1627
► VENTER one who smells or scents out → 1611 obs.

VERBS
► BOTTLE to smell badly; to stink → 1979 UK sl.
► CARFUMISH to overcome by means of a bad smell → 1825 Sc.
► FAVOUR to smell → 1740 Eng. dial.
► FUNK to blow smoke on someone; to annoy with smoke; also, to offend with a strong smell → 1699 obs.
► FUNK UP to cause to smell very strongly or unpleasantly → 1967 African-American sl.
► HARK to smell → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► HUM to have an unpleasant odour; to stink → 1902 UK sl.
► MUST to become mouldy, musty, or mildewed; to acquire a musty or sour smell → 1530
► NAAR to stink, to smell foul → 1980s S. Afr. sl.
► NIFF to smell unpleasantly, to stink → 1901 sl.
► OFFEND to smell bad; to offend someone with perspiration odour or with bad breath → M20 US advertising usage
► OLFACT to smell → 1663 rare
► PEN AND INK to smell unpleasantly → 1892 rhyming sl. for ‘stink’
► PONG to smell unpleasantly → 1927 sl.
► SMAKE to perceive by scent or smell → 1220 obs.
– to smell, to give out a sweet smell or odour → 1315 obs.
► SMELL ALOUD to stink or smell strongly → 1910 colloq. rare
► SMELL LIKE A BEAMSTER to smell very badly → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMELL LIKE A POLE-CAT’S ASS to smell bad → 1928 Amer. sl.
► SMELL LIKE ASS to smell awful → 1986
► SMELLSIP to smell and sip almost simultaneously → 1922
► SMELL TO HIGH HEAVEN to smell unpleasantly → 1963 sl.
► SNUFT to sniff, to inhale sharply and noisily; to smell, to scent → 1820 Eng. dial.
► STINK ALOUD to stink or smell strongly → 1828 colloq.
► STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN to have a very strong and unpleasant smell → 1973 colloq.
► SUBODORATE to smell or scent out → 1606 rare
► TASTE to smell → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► VAMP to smell bad → 1973 Trinidad and Tobago usage
► VENT to smell or snuff at something → 1634 rare
► WHIFF to smell unpleasantly → 1899 sl.