malodour

A noun referring to a distinctive and offensively unpleasant smell or odor.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une odeur caractéristique et désagréable, un relent fétide ou une puanteur.

1. Unpleasant smell C1 formal british

   A distinctive and offensive odor that is unpleasant to the sense of smell.

   • The malodour from the garbage bin filled the entire kitchen.
   • A strange malodour emanated from the abandoned building.
   • The malodour of the swamp was overwhelming on a hot day.

   🇫🇷mauvaise odeur

   Synonymes: effluviumfetormephitismiasmareekstenchstink

   Antonymes: aromabouquetfragranceperfumeredolencescent