stench — English Dictionary

Noun

1. a strong foul smell; a stink.

2. A foul quality.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   the stench of political corruption

3. A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

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

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Dead bards stench every coast

2. To stanch.

Noun

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

   Synonyms

   malodormalodourstinkreekfetorfoetormephitis

   Broader terms

   smellodorodourolfactory sensationolfactory perception