stench
11stench — ► NOUN ▪ a strong and very unpleasant smell. ORIGIN Old English, related to STINK(Cf. ↑stink) …
12stench — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, overwhelming, powerful, strong ▪ unmistakable ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), awful, foul …
13stench — UK [stentʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms stench : singular stench plural stenches 1) a very bad smell, especially of decay 2) a feeling you have that something is very unpleasant stench of: As the battle approached, the stench of fear was… …
14stench — noun (countable usually singular) 1 a very strong unpleasant smell: the stench of urine 2 something unpleasant that makes you believe that something very bad and dishonest is happening: the stench of privilege/injustice etc: The stench of… …
15stench — /stɛntʃ / (say stench) noun 1. an offensive smell; stink. 2. ill smelling quality: *It is not merely the stench of weasel we inhale as we read the poem, but the stench of fear. –maureen colman, 1967. {Middle English; Old English stenc} …
16stench — n. a dreadful, horrible, unbearable stench * * * [stentʃ] horrible unbearable stench a dreadful …
17stench — [[t]ste̱ntʃ[/t]] stenches N COUNT: oft N of n A stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell. The stench of burning rubber was overpowering. Syn: stink …
18stench — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stenc; akin to Old English stincan to emit a smell more at stink Date: before 12th century 1. stink 2. a characteristic repugnant quality < the stench of corruption > • stenchful adjective •… …
19stench — stenchful, adj. /stench/, n. 1. an offensive smell or odor; stink. 2. a foul quality. [bef. 900; ME; OE stenc odor (good or bad); akin to STINK] Syn. See odor. * * * …
20stench — noun the stench from the basement was vile Syn: stink, reek, whiff, fetor, funk; literary miasma See note at smell …
