stench
/stɛnt͡ʃ/
stench noun: a strong foul smell; a stink.
Noun
stench (plural stenches)
- a strong foul smell; a stink.
- A foul quality.
- the stench of political corruption
- A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
- Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760...
Verb
stench (third-person singular simple present stenches, present participle stenching, simple past and past participle stenched)
stench meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stench in Hindi
- a strong foul smell, a stink
- बास bās, दुर्गंध durgandh, बदबू badbū, गंध gandh, बू bū
stench in Tamil
- a strong foul smell, a stink
- நாற்றம் nāṟṟam, கப்பு kappu
stench in Marathi
- stench, stink, any foul smell or odor
- दुर्गंध durgandha
stench in Urdu
- stench
- گند gãnd
More languagesFewer languages
- stench in Bengali
- দুর্গন্ধ
- stench in Telugu
- గబ్బు gabbu
- stench in Malayalam
- ദുർഗന്ധം duṟgandhaṁ, നാറ്റം nāṟṟaṁ
- stench in Kannada
- ಪಡುಕೆ, ಪಡಿಕೆ, ಪಡುಂಕೆ, ಹಡಿಕೆ
- stench in Punjabi
- ਗੰਧ gandh
- stench in Sanskrit
- पूति pū́ti
- stench in Tagalog
- bansiw
- stench in Arabic
- نَتَانَة natāna
- stench in Persian
- گند gand
Examples of stench in a sentence
- I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.
- I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected.
- Deke mashed a wad of stinkbait onto the treble hook, then rinsed his fingers in the water to reduce the foul stench before lifting his beer can.
Synonyms of stench
Antonyms
Forms of stench
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stenches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stenches |
| present participle | stenching |
| past participle | stenched |
| past | stenched |
Origin of stench
From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).
Words formed from stench
Phrases with stench
Words that rhyme with stench
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Questions about stench
- What does stench mean?
- Stench means a strong foul smell; a stink.
- What is stench in Hindi?
- Stench in Hindi is बास (bās), दुर्गंध (durgandh), बदबू (badbū). See Stench meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stench?
- Stench can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stench?
- Stench is pronounced /stɛnt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of stench?
- The plural of stench is stenches.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stench (page history and authors); दुर्गंध (Marathi) (page history and authors); گند (Urdu) (page history and authors); stench (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stench (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੰਧ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); पूति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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