stench Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
    foetor; stink; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek.

WordNet

Stench transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To stanch. Obs. Harvey.
Stench noun
Etymology
AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A smell; an odor. Obs.
    Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. Dryden.
  2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. Cowper.
Stench transitive verb
Etymology
AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench, n.
Definitions
  1. To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. Obs. Young.

Webster 1913