Stench Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Stench

odor
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
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smell
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
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stink
(Slang) To have much or an excess
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reek
A strong, unpleasant smell; stench
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funk
(Obsolete) touchwood, punk, tinder
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mephitis
A bad smell; stench
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redolence
(Uncountable) The quality of being redolent
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fetor
A strong, disagreeable smell; stench
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foetor
Alternative spelling of fœtor.
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malodour
Alternative spelling of malodor.
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Antonyms for Stench

perfume
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
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Words Related to Stench

miasma
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putrid
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fetid
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smell of
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foetid
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Stench Sentence Examples

  • There was an overwhelming stench in the room.

  • A stench tickled her nose, drawing her from a heavy slumber.

  • Before the shrines reeking with the stench of slaughter the eternal fires were kept burning, and on the platform stood the huge drum, covered with snakes' skin, whose fearful sound was heard for miles.

  • His way ran through stench and fire, close to the mouth of the bottomless pit.

  • So vividly did he recall that hospital stench of dead flesh that he looked round to see where the smell came from.

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