| 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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| Main Entry: | fumes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pollution, gas in air |
Synonyms: |
effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, haze, miasma, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapor |
| 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: | odor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scent |
Synonyms: |
air, aroma, bouquet, effluvium, efflux, emanation, essence, exhalation, flavor, fragrance, musk, perfume, pungence, pungency, redolence, smell, snuff, stench, stink, tang, tincture, trail, whiff |
| 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: | reek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smell of; be characterized by |
Synonyms: |
be permeated by, be redolent of, emit, fume, give off odor, have an odor, smell, smoke, steam, stench, stink |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odor |
Synonyms: |
aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an odor |
Synonyms: |
be malodorous, funk, reek, smell to high heaven, stench, stink, whiff |
| Main Entry: | stink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad smell |
Synonyms: |
fetor, foul odor, foulness, malodor, noisomeness, offensive smell, stench |
Antonyms: |
perfume, sweetness |