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[ stench ] / stɛntʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stench ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan offensive smell or odor; stink. a foul quality. Origin of stenchFirst recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English stenc “odor (good or bad)”; akin to stink synonym study for stenchSee odor. OTHER WORDS FROM stenchstenchful, adjectiveWords nearby stenchstem to stern, stem turn, stemware, stemwinder, stemwinding, stench, stench trap, stencil, stencilize, Stendhal, stengah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stenchThe stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price. Is Soccer Great Lionel Messi Corrupt?|Jack Holmes|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the darkness none of the others could tell where the stench came from. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST They were being carried out and the stench of their rotting flesh and bloated guts made it hard to examine them closely. Did Israel Execute Jihadists in Gaza?|Jesse Rosenfeld|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The small family home is still intact but the stench of rotting flesh that comes from inside is overpowering. Who Is Behind Gaza's Mass Execution?|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The stench of the backed-up toilets combines with the fumes of garbage fermenting in the midday sun. Israel Is Minting the Next Generation of Hate|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST All the Ardennes are scorched and soiled, and sickened with stench of smoke and suffocating slag. 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
nouna strong and extremely offensive odour; stink Word Origin for stenchOld English stenc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stank; see stink Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stenchstink, smell, redolence, funk, fetor, malodor, noisomeness, mephitis |