stench
stench
Definition
stench (stenc̸h)
stench
Synonyms
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.
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