STENCH

[noun] [U] - a strong unpleasant smellthe stench of rotting fish/burning rubber/cigarette smokeThere was a strong/powerful/unbearable stench of dead bodies.(figurative) For a long time after the minister's resignation, the stench of scandal hung over the government (= the event which caused public disapproval continued to have a bad effect on the government).See study section: Smells