stench

/stɛnt͡ʃ/

noun 3verb 2

Collocations

ADJ

overpowering, powerful | unmistakable | appalling, foul, nauseating, sickening, terrible, unpleasant | acrid, fetid, putrid

STENCH + VERB

fill sth

The stench from the garbage truck filled our entire street for hours.

noun

a strong foul smell; a stink.

A foul quality.

the stench of political corruption

A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.

verb

To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.

Dead bards stench every coast

To stanch.

noun — a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

the stench of political corruption

Wiktionary

Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.

Wiktionary

Dead bards stench every coast

Wiktionary

The stench of rotting flesh overwhelmed us as we entered the room.

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What a stench! Do you suffer from gas?

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What a stench! Are you cooking some cauliflower?

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i Register

In some senses, stench is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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