Antonyms for stench


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stench
Phonetic Transcription : stɛntʃ


Definition of stench

Origin :
  • Old English stenc "a smell" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (cf. Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink) as drench is to drink. The notion of "evil smell" predominated from c.1200.
  • noun foul odor
Example sentences :
  • The dust, the smoke, and the stench of the powder were suffocating.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Fog, and drizzle, and smoke, and stench composed the atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • Stench of fat kitchens, of soft bubbling alleys, of gleaming refuse.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • And I don't like the stench of that kind of cop in my place.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • At the vesper hour, there came an eighth, the stench of which was horrible.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • The place reeked with corruption and filth, and the stench was almost unbearable.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • He named it bromine (stench) because of its unbearable fumes.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • Rawling gasped, sick of this ugliness, dizzy with the stench of powder and brandy.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • The wind came to them full of a stench of latrines and of the exhaust of motors.
  • Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos
  • It crawled on and on, and a stench rose from it that poisoned the morning air.
  • Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

Synonyms for stench

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