stench

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  1. noun A strong, foul odor; a stink.
  2. noun A foul quality: the stench of corrupt government.
  3. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: stench, fetor, malodor, reek, stink
    These nouns denote a penetrating, objectionable odor: the stench of burning rubber; the fetor of polluted waters; the malodor of diesel fumes; the reek of stale sweat; a stink of decayed flesh.

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  • He always had to have a shower after he gave the news, for the sweat-stench was acrid on him. —  Clavell - King Rat
  • The Outlanders were big on jewelry Here in the Royal Chamber, the stench was a lot stronger. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • There were narrow lanes, but no streets—the only open place being a miserable bazaar; while owing to the absence of sewers the stench was at times unendurable. —  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
  • But whether the hurry of this affair, or that stench which is natural to so filthy a place as the condemned hold, affected the sheriff's constitution, is hard to say, but upon his return home, he was seized with a violent fever, which in a very short space took away his life. —  Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
  • The moment we opened our door, the stench was so overpowering it seriously like ... knocked me backwards. —  Xiaxue.blogspot.com - Everyone's reading it.
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English stenc, odor.

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  1. from Middle English stench, stunch, from Anglo-Saxon stenc (= Old High German stanc, stanch, Middle High German stanc, stenke, German stank = Swedish Danish stank), a smell, odor (pleasant or unpleasant), from stincan, smell: see stink, v., and cf. stink, n. Cf. Icelandic stækja, a stench.
  2. from stench, n.
 

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