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stench

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/stɛnt͡ʃ/

Definition of stench

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
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noun

  1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
  2. (figuratively)A foul quality.
    “the stench of political corruption”
  3. (obsolete)A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
    “Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.”

verb

  1. (obsolete)To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
    “Dead bards stench every coast”
  2. To stanch.

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Etymology

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”).

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