| Main Entry: | miasma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effluvium |
Synonyms: |
fetor, foul air, fumes, gas, mephitis, odor, pollution, reek, smell, smog, stench, stink, vapor |
| Main Entry: | reek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong odor |
Synonyms: |
effluvium, fetor, mephitis, smell, stench, stink |
| Notes: | redolent (an adjective) is customarily used of pleasant odors while reek (a verb) is used of odors that are sensorily unpleasing; redolent, 'emitting a strong odor or smell,' comes from Latin olere 'emit a smell' |
| Main Entry: | stench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul odor |
Synonyms: |
fetor, funk, malodor, mephitis, noisomeness, redolence, smell, stink* |
Antonyms: |
perfume, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | stench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
bad, caprylic, corky, empyreumatic, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fulsome, fusty, graveolent, halitotic, high, jumentous, maleolent, malodorous, mephitic, miasmatic, mucid, musty, nidorous, noisome, offensive, olid, olidous, putrescent, putrid, rafty, rammish, rancid, rank, reasty, saprostomous, smelling, smelly, stinking, stinky, strong, strong smelling, suffocating, tainted
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