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• n  a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

• The stench of burning bodies will adhere to you; this is no movie for kids.
• The excess flesh has turned septic and begun to necrotize, and that is the stench in the air in San Diego.
• He speaks of man living out his life between the stench of the diaper and the stench of the grave.

• malodor
• malodour
• stink
• reek
• fetor
• foetor
• mephitis

News & Articles

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• Stinky feet may lead to better malaria traps
  LONDON — For decades, health officials have battled malaria with insecticides, bed nets and drugs. Now, scientists say there might be a potent new tool to fight the deadly mosquito-borne disease: the stench of human feet.
  June 8, 2013 - The Monterey County Herald
• Should be a crime to see 'Identity Thief'
  If I didn’t like Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman so much, I would have stayed far away from the stench that is “Identity Thief,” an overly simplistic film with a dimple-cheeked, ridiculous conclusion that tries to make a hard right turn into sentimentality but fails miserably.
  June 7, 2013 - Wichita Falls Times Record News
• Garbage fire threatens to stink up royal wedding in Sweden
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 7 (UPI) -- A garbage fire burning in northeastern Stockholm threatens to leave a foul stench in the air during Swedish Princess Madeleine's wedding Saturday.
  June 7, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Avery Johnson in The Associated Press
  Where I come from is all about winning and it starts with having a winning mentality,Johnson said. "We have to get rid of the losing stench and losing mentality that we had here last year. We know it is going to take a lot of work and I...
• Charles Schumer in Guardian Unlimited
  If six months from now ...... the same policies continued, the victory in defeating Mukasey would seem hollow,Schumer told the panel. "No one questions that Judge Mukasey would do much to remove the stench of politics from the Justice...
• Mark Denbeaux in USA Today
  A stench of despair hangs over Guantanamo,said Mark Denbeaux, a defense lawyer who visited a client at Guantanamo on June 2.