Noun: malodour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: malodor)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: malodor)
- 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