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- [stench]
- /stɛntʃ/
- /stentʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stench]
- /stɛntʃ/
Definitions of stench word
- noun stench an offensive smell or odor; stink. 1
- noun stench a foul quality. 1
- countable noun stench A stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell. 0
- noun stench a strong and extremely offensive odour; stink 0
- noun stench an offensive smell or odor; stink 0
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Origin of stench
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English stenc odor (good or bad); akin to stink
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Parts of speech for Stench
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stench popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stench
noun stench
- fetor — a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fumes — Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
- malodor — an unpleasant or offensive odor; stench.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- miasma — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
adj stench
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
Antonyms for stench
noun stench
- aroma — An aroma is a strong, pleasant smell.
- attar — an essential oil from flowers, esp the damask rose, used pure or as a base for perfume
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
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