Noun: stench stench
- A distinctive odour that is offensively unpleasant
"a terrible stench saluted our nostrils";
- malodor [US], malodour [Brit, Cdn], stink, reek, fetor, foetor [Brit], mephitis
Derived forms: stenches
Type of: odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
Encyclopedia: Stench