Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - malodorous

 adjective  Date: 1850  1. having a bad odor  2. highly improper ~ practices and chicanery in high financial places — New Republic  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun Synonyms:  ~, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, fusty, musty mean bad-smelling. ~ may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive ~ fertilizers. stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage. noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive a stagnant, noisome sewer. putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter the putrid smell of rotting fish. rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell rank cigar smoke. fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar.