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Stink vs. Stench

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Stinkverb

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.

Stenchnoun

a strong foul smell; a stink.

Stinkverb

To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

‘That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.’;

Stenchnoun

(figurative) A foul quality.

‘the stench of political corruption’;

Stinkverb

(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

‘Something stinks about the politician's excuses.’;

Stenchnoun

(obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Stinkverb

(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stenchverb

(obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.

Stinknoun

A strong bad smell.

Stenchverb

To stanch.

Stinknoun

(informal) A complaint or objection.

‘If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.’;

Stenchverb

To stanch.

Stinkadjective

Bad; inferior; worthless.

‘The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.’;

Stenchverb

To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.

Stinkadjective

Bad-smelling, stinky.

Stenchnoun

A smell; an odor.

‘Clouds of savory stench involve the sky.’;

Stinkverb

To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Stenchnoun

An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.

Stinkverb

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stenchnoun

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Stinknoun

A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Stinknoun

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Stinkverb

be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance;

‘This term paper stinks!’;

Stinkverb

smell badly and offensively;

‘The building reeks of smoke’;

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