STENCH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Synonyms:

fetor; foetor; malodor; malodour; mephitis; reek; stench; stink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stench" is a kind of...):

odor; odour; olfactory perception; olfactory sensation; smell (the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stench"):

niff; pong (an unpleasant smell)

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