Synonyms for stench
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stench |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɛntʃ |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for stench
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