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Noun: malodor
Usage: US (elsewhere: malodour)
  1. 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