stench

Meaning

Noun

1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
2. (figuratively) A foul quality.
3. (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
2. To stanch.

Synonyms

stink

smell

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reek

bad smell

fetor

fetidness

odor

foul smell

stinking

malodorousness

bad odor

malodour

fetid

mephitis

funk

gamy

smelliness

foetor

malodor

pong

offensive smell

bad odour

niff

odour

fetid smell

rotten smell

warning agent

rankness

dirt

fetish

filth

filthiness

filthy

foul

foulness

hum

loathsome

mell

metaphorically

nastiness

nasty

noisome

objectionable

awful

scent

scummy

sluttish

squalid

malodorant

odorant

Translations

Gestank

puanteur

hedor

stank

fedor

fetore

lezzo

puzzo

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puzza

fetidez

tanfo

fétidité

afrore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɛnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stench

Inherited from Old English: stenċ

Cognate with Dutch: stank

Cognate with German: Stank

Cognate with Danish: stank

Cognate with Swedish: stank

Cognate with Icelandic: stækja

In summary

From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).