as in stink
a strong unpleasant smell
we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement
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Recent Examples of stench
The low-down dive bar is draped in painterly shadows inspired by Renaissance masters, the stale cigarette stench palpable.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Some passengers toss out a corpse before its stench becomes unbearable to others.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Some passengers toss out a corpse before its stench becomes unbearable to others.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stench
Noun
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My small room seemed to be visibly clouded by the stink of my body and the stink of my superfluous thinking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Stinky Dishwasher When food gets trapped in the filter, gaskets, or baskets in your dishwasher, bacteria grow and create a stink.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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In that respect, Wolfram is a masterful merger of merger of serious social comment and taut, thrilling action, a film where base human cruelty is always somewhere on the horizon, a film that simply reeks of death and decay (there are more flies than Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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The entire episode reeks of everlasting ineptitude.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stench. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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