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Stench - What does it mean?

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stench

English

Noun

(es)
  • a strong foul smell, a stink
  • (figurative) a foul quality
    • the stench of political corruption
  • (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
  • * Dryden
    • Clouds of savoury stench involve the sky.

    Synonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l) (Commonwealth)

    Antonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
    • (Young)
  • To stanch.
    • (Harvey)

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.