stench

[ stench ]

/ stɛntʃ /

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noun

an offensive smell or odor; stink.

a foul quality.

Words nearby stench

stemson, stemware, stemwinder, stemwinding, sten gun, stench, stench trap, stencil, stencilize, stendhal, stengah

Origin of stench

before 900; Middle English; Old English stenc odor (good or bad); akin to stink

SYNONYMS FOR stench

See odor.

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OTHER WORDS FROM stench

stench·ful, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stench

The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.
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In the darkness none of the others could tell where the stench came from.
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They were being carried out and the stench of their rotting flesh and bloated guts made it hard to examine them closely.
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The small family home is still intact but the stench of rotting flesh that comes from inside is overpowering.
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The stench of the backed-up toilets combines with the fumes of garbage fermenting in the midday sun.
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All the Ardennes are scorched and soiled, and sickened with stench of smoke and suffocating slag.
Critical Studies|Ouida
Naghungaw ang yútà human sa ulan, The ground is exuding a stench after the rain.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Despite the leaden coffin, the stench was such that several persons fainted.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4|Henry Charles Lea
Poor Mrs. Trask actually fainted again from the stench of fish offal.
A House Party with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
"Not for me," Irish declared, and turned his face away from the stench of them.
Flying U Ranch|B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for stench

stench

/ (stɛntʃ) /

noun

a strong and extremely offensive odour; stink

Word Origin for stench

Old English stenc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stank; see stink

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stench

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noun

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