stench
noun
[ stɛn(t)ʃ ]
• a strong and very unpleasant smell.
• "the stench of rotting fish"
Similar:
stink,
bad smell,
foul smell,
reek,
miasma,
effluvium,
niff,
pong,
whiff,
hum,
guff,
funk,
mephitis,
malodour,
fetor,
noisomeness,
Origin:
Old English stenc ‘smell’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stank, German Gestank, also to the verb stink.
