STENCH


Meaning of STENCH in English

stench /stentʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: stenc ]

1 . a very strong bad smell SYN stink :

the stench of urine

2 . something unpleasant that makes you believe that something very bad and dishonest is happening

stench of

a government filled with the stench of corruption

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THESAURUS

▪ smell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose:

the smell from the kitchen

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What’s that awful smell?

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the sweet smell of roses

▪ whiff something that you smell for a short time:

He caught a whiff of her perfume.

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a whiff of apple blossom

▪ scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal:

The rose had a beautiful scent.

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Cats use their scent to mark their territory.

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the sharp, dying scent of autumn

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the heady scent (=strong scent) of magnolias

▪ fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent :

the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms

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Each mango has its own special fragrance.

▪ aroma formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee:

the aroma of fresh coffee

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The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.

▪ odour British English , odor American English formal an unpleasant smell:

An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.

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the odor of stale tobacco smoke

▪ pong British English informal an unpleasant smell:

What’s that horrible pong?

▪ stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell:

I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.

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The toilet gave off a terrible stench.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.