Stench
noun
A strong, unpleasant smell.
After the garbage truck passed, a horrible stench filled the street.
Often appears as...
- overwhelming stench
- rotten stench
noun
Something morally offensive.
The corrupt politician left a stench of dishonesty that lasted long after he was gone.
Often appears as...
- stench of corruption
- stench of dishonesty
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A strong, unpleasant smell.
After the garbage truck passed, a horrible stench filled the street.
Often appears as...
- overwhelming stench
- rotten stench
noun
Something morally offensive.
The corrupt politician left a stench of dishonesty that lasted long after he was gone.
Often appears as...
- stench of corruption
- stench of dishonesty
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
The term 'stench' indicates an extremely strong odor, much worse than a scent or smell.
The stench of the decaying food was unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stench' is used for smells that are unpleasant or disgusting, never for good smells.
He couldn't eat because the stench from the trash affected his appetite.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
People often react physically to a stench by holding their nose or looking disgusted.
She covered her nose to avoid the stench from the sewer.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
The term 'stench' indicates an extremely strong odor, much worse than a scent or smell.
The stench of the decaying food was unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stench' is used for smells that are unpleasant or disgusting, never for good smells.
He couldn't eat because the stench from the trash affected his appetite.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
People often react physically to a stench by holding their nose or looking disgusted.
She covered her nose to avoid the stench from the sewer.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
The term 'stench' indicates an extremely strong odor, much worse than a scent or smell.
The stench of the decaying food was unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stench' is used for smells that are unpleasant or disgusting, never for good smells.
He couldn't eat because the stench from the trash affected his appetite.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
People often react physically to a stench by holding their nose or looking disgusted.
She covered her nose to avoid the stench from the sewer.
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The world’s most...
These pops are no more dangerous than a sea lion’s stench, but they are effective at scaring off would-be predators. Meanwhile, the flatulence of beaded lacewing larvae are silent and deadly. Their farts contain a class of chemical known as allomone
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The Foul, Fascinating...
all wading into a vat of excrement the stench is overpowering but most seen must keep his head can be sure to add just the right amount of water to the pigeon droppings the perfect mix will help make the skin supple but not too
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Tanner PIPE Dangerous Jobs
wading into a vat of excrement the stench is overpowering but most seen must keep his head and be sure to add just the right amount of water to the pigeon droppings the perfect mix will help make the skin supple but not too
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The surprising reasons...
Spewing stench and adopting odd postures are common and often play important roles. Other animals sacrifice their quail chicks that freeze while their kin run amok have a better chance of survival when pursued by a cat.
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Breaking boundaries,...
at the age of five selling fish and scavenging garbage I can still feel the warm drippings down my face from the basket of fish I carried on my head she told me I can still smell the stench of the garbage in
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Welcome to the Body Farm...
decomposition the work at the body farm is important to solving crimes but it's also gruesome this corpse has been outside for two weeks and it's giving off a powerful stench it's not like garbage it's not
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Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste
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Vampire Bat Colony Found...
it really stinks in here jeez look at that there's like some blood that's dripping down the walls it's just kind of stench wafting out of
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human
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What I learned serving...
and I get hit by an awful stench, and I ask myself, how did I move from working in the respected financial banking sector,
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The world’s most...
These pops are no more dangerous than a sea lion’s stench, but they are effective at scaring off would-be predators. Meanwhile, the flatulence of beaded lacewing larvae are silent and deadly. Their farts contain a class of chemical known as allomone
Video examples
The Foul, Fascinating...
all wading into a vat of excrement the stench is overpowering but most seen must keep his head can be sure to add just the right amount of water to the pigeon droppings the perfect mix will help make the skin supple but not too
Video examples
Tanner PIPE Dangerous Jobs
wading into a vat of excrement the stench is overpowering but most seen must keep his head and be sure to add just the right amount of water to the pigeon droppings the perfect mix will help make the skin supple but not too
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
Spewing stench and adopting odd postures are common and often play important roles. Other animals sacrifice their quail chicks that freeze while their kin run amok have a better chance of survival when pursued by a cat.
Video examples
Breaking boundaries,...
at the age of five selling fish and scavenging garbage I can still feel the warm drippings down my face from the basket of fish I carried on my head she told me I can still smell the stench of the garbage in
Video examples
Welcome to the Body Farm...
decomposition the work at the body farm is important to solving crimes but it's also gruesome this corpse has been outside for two weeks and it's giving off a powerful stench it's not like garbage it's not
Video examples
Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste
Video examples
Vampire Bat Colony Found...
it really stinks in here jeez look at that there's like some blood that's dripping down the walls it's just kind of stench wafting out of
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human
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What I learned serving...
and I get hit by an awful stench, and I ask myself, how did I move from working in the respected financial banking sector,
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Mike Patton
American Musician
Sometimes a certain project will have a smell... It will have a little stench about it. That is a warning signal. You know it's going to be a nightmare. You know they are not going to like it, and it's not worth it.
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Don McCullin
British Photographer
There's nothing I don't know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you'll get that through looking at one of my pictures.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
A great stench will come from Lausanne, but they will not know its origin; they will put out all people from distant places, fire seen in the sky, a foreign nation defeated.
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Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
Attempting to squash your permeating stench of a loser by bum rushing every girl you come across is a bad look.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Writers speak stench.
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Mike Patton
American Musician
Sometimes a certain project will have a smell... It will have a little stench about it. That is a warning signal. You know it's going to be a nightmare. You know they are not going to like it, and it's not worth it.
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Don McCullin
British Photographer
There's nothing I don't know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you'll get that through looking at one of my pictures.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
A great stench will come from Lausanne, but they will not know its origin; they will put out all people from distant places, fire seen in the sky, a foreign nation defeated.
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Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
Quote examples
Sean Evans
American Entertainer
Attempting to squash your permeating stench of a loser by bum rushing every girl you come across is a bad look.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Writers speak stench.
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