Phrase guide

bad breath

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: halitosis, bromopnea, fetor oris, ozostomia, stomatodysodia, dragonbreath

Antonyms: good breath

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَخَر (baḵar) — unpleasant breath
  • Central Bikol: mabatang hangaw — unpleasant breath
  • Bulgarian: лош дъх (loš dǎh) — unpleasant breath
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎱᎵᏒᎦ (ahulisvga) — unpleasant breath
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口臭 (kǒuchòu) — unpleasant breath
  • Czech: zápach z úst — unpleasant breath
  • Danish: dårlig ånde — unpleasant breath
  • Finnish: pahanhajuinen hengitys — unpleasant breath
  • French: mauvaise haleine — unpleasant breath
  • Galician: bafo — unpleasant breath
  • German: Mundegeruch — unpleasant breath
  • Italian: alito cattivo — unpleasant breath
  • Japanese: 口臭 (kōshū) — unpleasant breath
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dårlig ånde — unpleasant breath
  • Polish: cuchnący oddech — unpleasant breath
  • Portuguese: mau hálito — unpleasant breath
  • Portuguese: halitose — unpleasant breath
  • Portuguese: bafo — unpleasant breath
  • Russian: неприя́тный за́пах и́зо рта́ (neprijátnyj zápax ízo rtá) — unpleasant breath
  • Russian: галито́з (galitóz) — unpleasant breath
  • Spanish: halitosis — unpleasant breath
  • Spanish: mal aliento — unpleasant breath
  • Spanish: mal hálito — unpleasant breath
  • Swedish: dålig andedräkt — unpleasant breath
  • Tagalog: mabahong hininga — unpleasant breath
  • Turkish: ağız kokusu — unpleasant breath
  • Unami: alëtun — unpleasant breath
  • Welsh: anadl ddrwg — unpleasant breath