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Thesaurus article:a smell

a smell

These words refer to a particular characteristic of a person or thing that you notice by using your nose.

The most common word for this, and the word with the broadest meaning, issmell. Smell is used of anything that you notice by using your nose, whether that thing is pleasant or unpleasant.

What's that terrible smell?
I love the smell of freshly baked bread.

Aromais often used when a smell is strong and pleasant, especially a smell from food or drink.

The delicious aroma of fresh bread wafted out of the bakery.

A sweet or pleasant natural smell, and especially the smell of a plant or flower, is afragrance,perfume, orscent.

I adore the delicate fragrance of roses.
The perfume of the flowers filled the room.
She smelled the sweet scent of the lilies.

Odouris a more formal word meaningsmelland is often used when the smell is unpleasant.Odouris the UK English spelling. The US English spelling isodor.

UKThere was the unmistakable odour of sweaty feet.

The wordstenchand the informal wordsreekandstinkcan all be used when a smell is very unpleasant.

The wharfs were thick with the stench of rotting fish.
The reek of cigarettes filled the theatre.
There was a bad stink in the kitchen.

In informal UK English, you can call a bad smell apong.Pongis sometimes used humorously.

Ugh, what a pong!

If a smell just lasts for a short time, carried on a current of air, you could use the wordwhiff.

He leaned towards me and I got a whiff of garlic.
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