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
Swarms of flies and stray cats gathered around the trash whose stench wafted on the breeze from the nearby sea.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
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, 4 June 2026
Guthrie, Jenna Bush Hager, Craig Melvin, and Sheinelle Jones cheered him on, while Al Roker jokingly waved away any stench coming from his shoe.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
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, 4 June 2026
Guthrie, Jenna Bush Hager, Craig Melvin, and Sheinelle Jones cheered him on, while Al Roker jokingly waved away any stench coming from his shoe.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stench
Noun
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Fowler added, though, if someone wants to make a big stink about fraud without any actual evidence, that inaccuracy is the perfect sleight of hand.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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No date for an OpenAI IPO has been set, but today’s suit may have put a stink on it, for now.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
Noun
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And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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These on-air pleas for the president to stay away reek of someone who genuinely believes his opinions should carry that level of weight.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stench. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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