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
Stale air with the faint stench of a long-dead mouse.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
What To Add To Your Routine Start with these classic items, and your home will be feeling cleaner than ever without all those chemical stenches.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
What To Add To Your Routine Start with these classic items, and your home will be feeling cleaner than ever without all those chemical stenches.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stench
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stench
Noun
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His stink didn’t get too much on me, to be honest.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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Without a stink, a grimy dishwasher still deserves a deep clean to restore its shine and efficiency.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If the yellow home effort had a whiff of a 1990s Sunday league kit, the white one absolutely reeks of it.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The place reeks of human waste, piling up at the feet of everyone around.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stench. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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