RANK-SMELLING Synonyms

• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

• an act that violates the rules of a sport

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• offensively malodorous

• violating accepted standards or rules

• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

• characterized by obscenity

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

• especially of a ship's lines etc

• hit a foul ball

• make impure

• become or cause to become obstructed

• commit a foul; break the rules

• spot, stain, or pollute

• make unclean

• become soiled and dirty

• offensively malodorous

• having an unpleasant smell

• injurious to physical or mental health

• strong and sharp

• capable of wounding

• of or relating to or attended by putrefaction

• in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor

• morally corrupt or evil

• (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition

• smelling of fermentation or staleness

• wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears

• giving off a strong unpleasant smell

• very bad

• damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

• having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness