Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in bad odor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: in- bad odor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Regarded with disapproval; in a situation of being disliked; shunned.

Example Sentences

"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."
"New Hampshire was in bad odor with the English government; but the farmers could endure that with equanimity."
"[…] Mosk could not pay his rent and was already in bad odour with his landlord, […]"
"For the political right, naturally eager to put the left in bad odor, the naming frenzy was a bonanza."
"[T]he public looks at them as just a bunch of CEOs — a group in bad odor."

Etymology

Compare odour of sanctity.

Inflected Forms

in bad odour (alternative)

Phrases

bad books

Frequently Paired Words

bad books

Synonyms

frowned upon on the outs

Antonyms

in good odor

Questions

What does in bad odor mean?: Regarded with disapproval; in a situation of being disliked; shunned.
Where does in bad odor come from?: Compare odour of sanctity.

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