Vocabulary
Odour
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one.
Urdu meaning
سونگھنا، بو، جسم کی بدبو، مہک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Bush was in bad odour right across the world, a PEW survey said India was the rare country where Bush was popular.
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With the sleeves rolled up
— 2026-01-13
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While a leftist government was in bad odour in Nepal, it was the opposite in Sri Lanka where the economy improved under an erstwhile leftist guerrilla president.
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The false rumble of change
— 2025-09-16
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Even Republicans have smelled the rancid odour coming from a wannabe authoritarian holding a military parade on his birthday.
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All hail the king
— 2025-06-14
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Bush, the man who was in bad odour everywhere, including his own country, telling him that Indians loved him.
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Is he Dhaka`s Manmohan Singh?
— 2024-08-13
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We sneer at body odour, not realising that access to clean water is a luxury.
Dawn Editorials —
Heat the rich
— 2024-07-06
Synonyms
smell, scent, aroma, perfume, fragrance, bouquet, savour, nose, tang
Antonyms
discredit, disgrace, dishonor
Curator example
“the odour of cigarette smoke”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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