malodor

Other forms of malodor

plural

malodors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malodor

What does malodor mean?

malodor means "a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant".

How many syllables are in malodor?

malodor has 3 syllables: ma-lo-dor. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for malodor?

Close synonyms include malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malodor a common word?

malodor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.