Synonyms for stench
stɛntʃstench

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1. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitisnoun

   a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   foetor, fetor, malodour, genus Mephitis, malodor, stink, mephitis, reek

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1. • Smell

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. stenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   stink, fetor, bad smell, offensive odor

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1. stenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetor, stink

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1. List of paraphrases for "stench":

   stink, pestilence, smell, odour, stag, scent

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How to use stench in a sentence?

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   maybe it’s just my imagination but I can smell the stench of a decaying humanity wallowing in the throes of hypocrisy, apathy, misery and I take a DEEP breath before stepping out.

2. Mohammad Rafiq:

   My rage towards the BJP is part of my life story. I can forgive but I cannot forget, if Modi ever cared for Muslims he could come to see how we have learned to live with the stench from the landfill. His disrespect for Muslims defines my political choice.

3. Thomas Merton:

   I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet stench of corruption that is all around them -- the keen, thin scent of decay that pervades everything and accuses with a terrible accusation the superficial youthfulness, the abounding undergraduate noise, that fills those ancient buildings.

4. Mohammad Rafiq:

   The air is better here. There is no stench. I would have been happier if we lived here.

5. Imperial Beach:

   The stench was crazy, just terrible, we’re just going into our round-robin of endless openings and closures because of the residual sewage in the river.