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stench /stɛn(t)ʃ /nounA strong and very unpleasant smell: the stench of rotting fish...- I lifted my jacket to my nose for a sniff - I could still smell the acrid stench of the gas.
- As unpleasant as it may seem, the dwellers had become accustomed to their surroundings and the unpleasant odor and stenches of the dirt, grim, mud, and rat droppings.
- As he leapt to a tall tree that had been burnt on one side, he could smell a terrible stench.
Synonyms stink, bad smell, foul smell, reek, miasma, effluvium British informal niff, pong, whiff, hum Scottish informal guff North American informal funk rare mephitis, malodour, fetor, noisomeness Origin Old English stenc 'smell', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stank, German Gestank, also to the verb stink. Rhymes backbench, bench, blench, clench, Dench, drench, entrench, French, frontbench, quench, tench, trench, wench, wrench |