stench
[ stench ]
/ stɛntʃ /
noun
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
a foul quality.
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Nearby words
stemware, stemwinder, stemwinding, sten, sten gun, stench, stench trap, stencil, stencilize, stendhal, stengah
Origin of stench
Related formsstench·ful, adjective
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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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Word Origin and History for stench
stench
Old English stenc "a smell" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (cf. Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink) as drench is to drink. The notion of "evil smell" predominated from c.1200.
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