- odor⇄expr. be in bad odor, to have a bad reputation or inferior standing.
Ex. Those boys were in bad odor because they were suspected of stealing. These Sydney gentry ... are in excessively bad odor (Herman Melville). - odor⇄odor, noun.
(Especially U.S.)
1. smell.
Ex. the odor of roses, the odor of garbage, a gas without odor.
(SYN) scent.
2. (Figurative.) reputation; repute; standing.
3. fragrance; perfume.
(SYN) aroma.
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