STENCHFUL Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

stenchful

adjective

Definition of stenchful

as in putrid

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Adjective

Residents explained that support offered by the company was little to no use amid heavy smoke and ash during the fire emergency, and strong putrid odors of rotting food that were only strengthened by rising temperatures.

— City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
To this day, the putrid, offensive odor coming from the tens of millions of pounds of rotting food in the warehouse is unbearable for families.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of putrid

Adjective

Knowing divorce is hard on kids is like knowing that water is wet, cigars are stinky, and that Selena Gomez is incapable of acting.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Cushioned insoles create the feeling of bouncing forward with every step, not to mention the mesh outers will eliminate the threat of sweaty, stinky feet.

— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Definition of stinky

Adjective

America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.

— Mary Ellen Klas, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of stinking

Adjective

The Lineage warehouse fire, which erupted a mile away nearly two months ago, still blankets the church every morning with the fetid stench of millions of pounds of rotting food that have yet to be trucked away.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Those releases were queasy, dank, almost fetid, as though Ableton could manipulate flesh as well as frequencies.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of fetid

Adjective

Having gone in the tank for Griffin, North Carolina’s highest courts are a noisome example of why partisanship ought to have no place in judicial selection.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Performers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who long ago bartered their integrity and believability for money and ratings, can peddle their noisome pro-Trump propaganda on Fox News.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022

Definition of noisome

Adjective

More than a month after a massive fire swept through the warehouse, Lineage is still working to remove more than 85 million pounds of weeks-old food, which has brought rancid odors, flies and rats to the surrounding area.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Cooking Oils Natural fats, like cooking oils, eventually turn rancid.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026

Definition of rancid

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