noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ overpowering , overwhelming , powerful , strong
▪ unmistakable
▪ appalling ( esp. BrE ), awful , foul , horrible , nauseating , sickening , terrible , unpleasant
▪ acrid , fetid , putrid
VERB + STENCH
▪ be filled with
▪
The air was filled with the overpowering ~ of decomposing vegetation.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
The ~ of death hung heavily over the land.