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Antonyms for feculent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fek-yuh-luh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛk yə lənt |
Definition of feculent
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French féculent, from Latin faeculentus "abounding in dregs," from stem faec- (see feces). Related: Feculence.
- As in rancid : adj rotten, strong-smelling
- As in rank : adj stinking, foul
- As in rotten : adj decayed, decaying
- As in unclean : adj dirty
- As in filthy : adj dirty, polluted
- Our light showed no tokens of a feculent or corrupted atmosphere.
- Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
- The clayey mass of feculent matter forms a hard ball in the distended bowel, around which the small loose passages flow.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- It hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
- Extract from : « Out of the Hurly-Burly » by Charles Heber Clark
- Feculent, fek′ū-lent, adj. containing fces or sediment: muddy: foul.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
- He who wishes to know what Night-Mare is, let him eat chestnuts before going to sleep, and drink after them feculent wine.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions » by John Waller
- Sensibility is smothered in, the feculent steams of roast beef, and delicacy stained by the waste drippings of porter.
- Extract from : « Lands of the Slave and the Free » by Henry A. Murray
- Flowers of a fœtid or feculent odor, hermaphrodite, in compound racemes.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- In due time he was dragged across, half strangled, and dreadfully beslubbered by the feculent waters.
- Extract from : « Fantastic Fables » by Ambrose Bierce
- Hot tea, turbid beer, and feculent liquors will have the same effect.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
Synonyms for feculent
- bad
- bad-smelling
- bedraggled
- befouled
- begrimed
- besmirched
- black
- blackened
- blurred
- carious
- common
- contaminated
- corroded
- corrupt
- cruddy
- crumbled
- crumbling
- crummy
- curdled
- dank
- decayed
- decomposed
- decomposing
- defiled
- desecrated
- disagreeable
- disgusting
- disheveled
- disintegrated
- disintegrating
- dusty
- evil
- evil-smelling
- fecal
- feculent
- festering
- fetid
- filthy
- foul
- frowzy
- funky
- fusty
- gamy
- graveolent
- grimy
- gross
- grubby
- grungy
- high
- humid
- impure
- infected
- loathsome
- loud
- malodorous
- mephitic
- messy
- miry
- moldering
- moldy
- mucky
- muddy
- musty
- nasty
- nauseating
- nidorous
- noisome
- noxious
- obnoxious
- obscene
- off
- offensive
- olid
- overripe
- perished
- polluted
- profaned
- pungent
- purulent
- pustular
- putrefactive
- putrefied
- putrescent
- putrid
- putrified
- rancid
- rank
- reeking
- reeky
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- rotting
- scummy
- sharp
- sleazy
- slimy
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smeared
- smelling
- smelly
- smoky
- smudged
- soiled
- soily
- sooty
- sordid
- sour
- soured
- spoiled
- spotted
- squalid
- stable
- stained
- stale
- stinking
- strong
- strong-smelling
- sullied
- tainted
- tarnished
- touched
- turned
- unclean
- uncleanly
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unkempt
- unsound
- unwashed
- verminous
- vile
- whiffy
- yecchy
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