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in bad odour

in bad odour is the alternative form of in bad odor.

Meaning of in bad odor

Adjective

in bad odor

  1. (idiomatic, often) Regarded with disapproval; in a situation of being disliked; shunned.
    • So in conversing with men, women, and children, I gradually found out that Tim Hibblethwaite was in bad odor, and that he held himself doggedly aloof from all.1877, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Surly Tim
    Antonyms:
    in good odor

Questions about in bad odour

What is in bad odour the alternative form of?
In bad odour is the alternative form of in bad odor.

Words near in bad odour in the dictionary

  1. in back
  2. in back of
  3. in bad
  4. in bad bread
  5. in bad odor
  6. in bad odour
  7. in bad part
  8. in bad repair
  9. in bad shape
  10. in bad taste
  11. in ballast

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