Bilgy (Adjective)
Meaning
Smelling like bilge water.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old fishing boat had a bilgy smell that clung to everything on board.
- After a few days without maintenance, the bilgy odor from the ship's hold became unbearable.
- The sailor's clothes reeked of the bilgy water that had flooded the engine room.
- The bilgy smell of the harbor was a constant reminder of the pollution that plagued the city's waterfront.
- The basement of the old lighthouse had a bilgy smell that seemed to seep from the very walls themselves.