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stench Definition

stench (stenc̸h)

noun

an offensive smell or odor; stink

Etymology: ME < OE stenc < base of stincan, to stink

stench Synonyms

stench

n.

stench Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • hypocrisy: I smell the distinct stench of hypocrisy, don't you?
  • urine: The aura of disinfectant, mingled with the light stench of stale urine wafted through the air.
  • corruption: Some of the reasons for unpopularity are obvious, such as the arrogance and the stench of corruption that surrounds Berlusconi.
  • death: The stench of death drifted from some of the alleyways.
  • ammonia: However, once beyond the putrid stench of ammonia we were treated to a real surprise.
  • decay: It is true, a breeze comes from the cave's maw, its odor organic but not the stench of decay.

Converse of subject

  • surround: They are surrounded by the stench of death and many will bellow and thrash around in terror.

Converse of object

  • smell: He said: " Even walking to the meeting tonight, I could smell the stench from the dump.
  • have: The whole planet seemed to have a stench of rotting vegetables.
  • emit: They went to one pump and found the water emitted an unbearable stench.
  • carry: In this light, their request for guidelines in attacking " unruly " pupils carries the stench of cant.
  • make: All the perfumes we put on, wouldnât make the stench go away.
  • nauseate: The nauseating stench of death permeated the whole camp and its environs.

Adjective modifier

  • acrid: The acrid stench of the remedy Hangs in the air; the night skies Are lit with it; the animals Burning.
  • putrid: However, once beyond the putrid stench of ammonia we were treated to a real surprise.
  • overpowering: She was struck by an overpowering stench of ammonia, urine and excrement when she first entered the cottage.
  • foul: Its foul stench had followed me around for the last time.
  • vile: It didn't take the woman long to notice a vile stench in the bathroom.
  • horrible: I was still a few miles from Mere, when a horrible stench filled the car.

Preposition: in

  • air: The souls who spent their lives imprisoned behind tiny stone windows and rotted to the walls leave their stench in the air.
stench Quotes

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

—Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

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