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mephitical (muh FIT i kuhl) (adjective), more mephitical, most mephitical
Relating to malodorous, putrid, or rancid stenches: Living within the smelling range of some mephitical emanations that come from certain industrial operations, like oil refineries, can be very unhealthy and there is no doubt that such odors are very unpleasant.

Often it is very unpleasant to have the mephitical odors of cow manure fertilizers in fields near people's homes because of the terrible stink that comes from such actions.

The odors coming from a brewery are also very intense with awful odors as experienced by students and teachers in a school that was close to such a foul source.

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Descriptive of a bad smell or taste.
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Descriptive of being in a foul-smelling condition or in a rotten, corrupt, or very objectionable status.
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Conveying a bad smell or taste.
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