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View usage for: (stentʃ) Word forms: plural stenchescountable nounA stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell. The stench of burning rubber was overpowering. [+ of] Synonyms: stink, whiff [British, slang], reek, pong [British, informal] More Synonyms of stench stench in British English (stɛntʃ) nouna strong and extremely offensive odour; stink Word origin Old English stenc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stank; see stinkstench in American English (stɛntʃ) noun an offensive smell or odor; stink Word origin ME < OE stenc < base of stincan, to stink Examples of 'stench' in a sentencestench The stench of death was all around.You can practically smell the stench of rancid hopes and discarded dreams.It is the only way to end the stench of corruption.Police were alerted by worried neighbours who reported a foul stench.There was an awful, sickly stench.In sport, there is no getting away from the awful stench of failure.In my study that week, you could smell the stench of apathy.There was a foul stench, loose electric wiring and allegations of abuse in an earlier report.And from it came the stench of corruption and the pollution of a genteel game once renowned for its sense of fair play.He is definitely hiding something - but is it the foul stench of murder?A powerful stench of death still clung to the boat.Less than a hundred miles away the battle rages, but here the sound of the artillery and the stench of death seem far away.THE rancid stench of corruption engulfed cricket again yesterday and now we're all wondering why the hell we bother.Amid the stench of death, the fear and the anger, some do the right thing.And another wrote: 'No amount of compressed air is going to help the awful stench coming from the keyboard. British English: stench NOUN A stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell. The stench of burning rubber was overpowering. - American English: stench
- Brazilian Portuguese: fedor
- Chinese: 臭味
- European Spanish: hedor
- French: puanteur
- German: Gestank
- Italian: puzzo
- Japanese: 悪臭
- Korean: 악취
- European Portuguese: fedor
- Latin American Spanish: hedor
Chinese translation of 'stench' n (c) -
恶(惡)臭 (èchòu) (股, gǔ)
Definition a strong and very unpleasant smell The stench of burning rubber was overpowering. Synonyms pong (British, informal) foul smell niff (British, slang) malodour mephitis noisomeness Additional synonymsDefinition a strong unpleasant smell He smelt the reek of rotten food. Synonyms stink, smell, odour, stench, pong (British, informal), effluvium, niff (British, slang), malodour, mephitis, fetor the nauseating whiff of rotting flesh Synonyms stink, stench, reek, pong (British, informal), niff (British, slang), malodour, hum (slang) - steersman
- stem
- stem from something
- stench
- stentorian
- step
- step by step
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