odor English

Meaning odor meaning

What does odor mean?

Definitions in simple English

odor Noun

— The smell of something, usually bad. The football players had an odor after their match and I had to hold my breath as they walked past.

odor

— noun (= olfactory property) any property detected by the olfactory system

— noun (= smell) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form she loved the smell of roses

Synonyms odor synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as odor?

odor English » English

smell

scent

odour

aroma

fragrance

stink

perfume

stench

taste

smack

reek

redolence

foul

flavor

bad smell

acrid

zest

whiff

tinge

tang

sweetness

savor

relish

olfactory sensation

olfactory property

olfactory perception

milky

fish

essence

bouquet

tincture

strong

savour

rotten

redolance

rankness

pong

miasma

fresh fish

fragrancy

foul-smelling

fleeting

fetor

fart

falstench

etc.

dairy

body odor

blood

Topics odor topics

What do people use odor to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive

Smell

• What words refer to the smell of something?
  smell odor scent whiff fume essence aroma bouquet fragrance
• What words describe something that smells bad?
  smelly stinking acrid body odor awful fetid foul foul-smelling fusty malodorous moldy musty noisome pungent putrid rancid rank reeking rotten
• What words refer to a bad smell?
  smell (n) odor stench stink reek halitosis

Person Body functions

Sweat

• What words describe the smell of sweat?
  smell sweaty smelly stink body odor natural smell of sweat smell of old people smell of someone who never bathes

Examples odor examples

How do I use odor in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Garlic gives off a strong odor.

It has a pleasant odor.

The rose gives off a sweet odor.

The flowers give off a strong odor.

Limburger cheese is made with the same bacteria that causes human foot odor.

He's in good odor with the chief.

The odor of dirty socks makes me gag.

There is a foul odor in the air.

That foul odor is coming from the river.

The odor in that room was vile.

Movie subtitles

The odor in the room from that horrible weed is stifling.

The odor of cheap perfume is penetrating.

Notice its odor?

I got a strong brood odor, like in the New Mexico nest!

Or is it the odor of sheep?

Body odor!

Didn't you notice the powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity?

Ain't nothing more powerful than the odor of mendacity.

Vampires repelled by odor of garlic.

The odor was quite unmistakable.

Your fat face, your hands, your odor! When you touched me, you made my flesh creep!

Under your after-shave reigns a stinking odor of greasy substance.

I can understand that you are obstructed by the odor.

My body had a stinking odor that I don't know to him.

The odor in the room from that horrible weed is stifling. I can't stand it.

And then, then a.an odor, a heavy drug-like odor.

When it's in tea, it has a distinct odor.

The odor of bitter almonds.

Precisely. I smell the faint, sweet odor of blackmail.

Oh, the odor of goodness.

There's a strange odor in the air tonight.

Yes, sir, I think I did. Ain't nothing more powerful than the odor of mendacity.

Lots of garlic. By the first kiss, you are overcome by the odor.

That's a very fine odor you're giving the countryside, sir.

You notice it turns purple. And exudes.. a most unfortunate odor.

It's a strong odor.

I'd crack a rotten egg, and read the future in the odor it released.

My specialty is the rotten egg, cracked to release its odor which my extrasensory nose deciphers, communicating to my brain which, falling into a trance, reveals at last a clear vision of the future.

I detect the odor of food.

It's not the typical odor of army alcohol.

You didn't smell the odor of alcohol, true?

The colonel had him recognize Arabs by their odor.

And there's a very pleasant odor around there, like cooked veal!

I can smell the foul odor of witches, servants of the devil.

News and current affairs

For example, when training a fruit fly to prefer one odor to another in a simple learning task, it will remember better if trained at repeated intervals over a long time rather than in one intense session.

Finally, the two events saw the emergence of two rival political courts, each exuding the faint but unmistakable odor of a looming conflict.

And Shakespeare noted that tooth decay was a cause of awful pain and unpleasant odor.

Such wrenching sights are typically accompanied by the pungent odor of a sewage system that is more a problem than a solution, especially during the rainy season.