(BrE) (AmE odor) noun
[C,U] (formal) a smell, especially one that is unpleasant:
a fishy / musty / pungent odour * the stale odour of cigarette smoke * (figurative) the odour of suspicion
seealsoBODYODOUR
IDIOMS
be in good / bad odour (with sb) (formal) to have/not have sb's approval and support
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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