unpleasant smell

collocation in English

meaningsofunpleasantandsmell

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unpleasant
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/us
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/
not enjoyable ...
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smell
noun
uk
/smel/us
/smel/
the characteristic of something that can be recognized or noticed using ...
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(Definition ofunpleasantandsmellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One of the minor nuisances of this business is that the refuse gets burnt over the countryside and very often makes a veryunpleasantsmell.
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Some articles, such as deodorants, are made of substances which have a positivelyunpleasantsmell, depilatories among them.
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I know a great deal about oil refineries and there is no question that they emit anunpleasantsmell.
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Even if there is no danger, there will be anunpleasantsmellas a result of the release of methane gas.
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During the occasional very dry season—the 1976 and 1984 seasons, for example, which may well be repeated—it could have anunpleasantsmell.
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There seems to be a veryunpleasantsmell.
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Even if the droppings are removed more frequently, an extremelyunpleasantsmellis experienced by the occupants of houses in the neighbourhood while the operation is in progress.
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It is toxic and has a pungent,unpleasantsmelland taste.
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It has carmine red outer petals and the flowers have anunpleasantsmell, rather than being fragrant.
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The area has anunpleasantsmelldue to the effluent.
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Their inflorescences last for only a few hours to a day and give off anunpleasantsmell.
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Blacksad initially rejects him due to hisunpleasantsmelland obnoxious behavior.
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The process generates an extremelyunpleasantsmell, which caused objections from local residents.
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Large amounts of foam and anunpleasantsmellare not uncommon features of the river in the winter.
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Theunpleasantsmellof the decomposing carcass led to it being blown up.
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The specific epithet "foetida" refers to theunpleasantsmellof this plant.
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Its species name (bad-smelling) refers to itsunpleasantsmell.
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I asked him about the huge, strange fire burning 500 meters away from us behind some trees and about theunpleasantsmellthroughout the camp.
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Rendered lard produces anunpleasantsmellwhen mixed with oxygen.
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