Definitions for Stench
stɛntʃstench

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitisnoun

   a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stenchnoun

   a strong foul smell, a stink

2. stenchnoun

   metaphorically, a foul quality

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stenchnoun

   Etymology: from stencan , Saxon.

   1. A stink; a bad smell.

   Death, death; oh amiable and lovely death!
   Thou odoriferous stench, sound rottenness,
   Arise forth from thy couch of lasting night. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   So bees with smoke, and doves with noisome stench,
   Are from their hives, and houses, driv’n away. William Shakespeare.

   Physicians by the stench of feathers cure the rising of the mother. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   The ministry will be found the salt of the earth, the only thing that keeps societies of men from stench and corruption. Robert South, Sermons.

   The hoary Nar,
   Corrupted with the stench of sulphur flows,
   And into Tiber’s streams th’ infected current throws. Addis.

   2. I find it used once for a good smell.

   Black bulls and bearded goats on altars lie,
   And clouds of sav’ry stench involve the sky. Dryden.

2. To Stenchverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To make to stink.

   The foulness of the ponds only stencheth the water. John Mortimer.

   2. [For staunch, corruptly.]To stop; to hinder to flow.

   They had better skill to let blood than stench it. Charles I .

   Restringents to stench and incrassatives to thicken the blood. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

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1. stench

   A stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stenchverb

   to stanch

2. Stenchverb

   a smell; an odor

3. Stenchverb

   an ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink

4. Stenchnoun

   to cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink

5. Etymology: [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Stench

   stensh, n. stink: a strong bad odour or smell.—adj. Stench′y. [A.S. stenc; Ger. stank.]

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1. • Smell

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stench in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stench in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Stench in a Sentence

1. Jason Conn:

   You deal with it all day. You’re out baiting, trying your best to manage the situation, then come home and just the stench of dead mice, they’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   maybe it’s just my imagination but I can smell the stench of a decaying humanity wallowing in the throes of hypocrisy, apathy, misery and I take a DEEP breath before stepping out.

3. Campbell Shipping Dhadwal:

   I could smell a stench ... the vomit, the urination on deck, the whole ship was filthy. ... Everything was dumped on board including the life jackets. We had to get the ship clean and fumigated and get health checks for the crew and replenish the ship.

4. Abu Ahmad:

   We don't dare come out of our houses, there is death everywhere, the stench of death, of destruction. It's terrifying.

5. Justin Wang:

   When I went to Costa Rica Poás volcano, Costa Rica Poás volcano was after over a year of magmatic eruptions and only a month after the lake reformed and it was deemed safe enough to return to the crater lake's surface, the lake itself is roiling and dynamic. As you get even closer, you can smell the strong stench of sulfur, which has remained on the clothes I was wearing to this day. Even worse is the smell of hydrochloric acid, which tastes sour in the air and stings the eyes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Stench
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stench
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Stench
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stench
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Stench