Taste and smell

Negative collocations connected with smells and tastes

• I can’t drink bitter coffee. I’ll have to put some sugar in this.
• There was nothing in the fridge except an old carton of milk which had gone sour.
• The lovely beach was completely spoilt by the acrid¹ smoke and noxious² fumes from a foul-smelling chemical factory nearby. [¹strong smelling, causing a burning feeling in your throat ²poisonous]
• Body odour can be extremely unpleasant and embarrassing. [an unpleasant smell on a person’s body that is caused by sweat]