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Noun: malodour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: malodor)
  1. A distinctive odour that is offensively unpleasant
    "The malodour from the garbage dump permeated the neighbourhood";
    - malodor [US], stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor [Brit], mephitis

Derived forms: malodours

Type of: odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell

Encyclopedia: Malodour