Noun: malodor
Usage: US (elsewhere: malodour)
Usage: US (elsewhere: malodour)
- A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
"The malodor from the garbage dump permeated the neighborhood";
- malodour [Brit, Cdn], stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor [Brit], mephitis
Derived forms: malodors
Type of: odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
Encyclopedia: Malodor