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Stinking; having a strong bad smell.

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  • The pond was often fetid during the warm weather of the summer.
  • The Ephemerides, Schurig, and Hoffman report instances of what they call fetid semen (possibly a complication of urethral disease).
  • The Ephemerides, Schurig, 9.18 and Hoffman report instances of what they call fetid semen (possibly a complication of urethral disease).
  • Bank has described as fetid sewers and cities listed among the world's most polluted.
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  • Despite being "feted" (honored, often via a celebration) for your success, you may be "fated" (destined to end badly, doomed, predetermined) to be ridiculed if you wear "fetid" (smelling bad) clothing.
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