as in putrid
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stenchful
Adjective
-
The case of a lifetime started with a putrid smell and a green garden hose sticking out of the side of a supposedly vacant warehouse in California farm country.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026 -
The Blue Devils are shooting only 39% from the field against Siena, including a putrid 13% from three-point land.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
Gladwin iris or roast-beef plant (Iris foetidissima) has malodorous foliage when crushed.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
-
However, these newer deodorants marketed as whole-body deodorants often do a good job at deodorizing the areas that create malodorous smells.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
Jenn Harris has a column about a battle over stinky tofu at Golden Leaf restaurant in San Gabriel.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
-
Millions of dead red crabs, normally found further south, washed up on local shores, making a stinky mess.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
-
Their solution to a stinking run was, comically, to rely on less than 23 per cent of possession and pick Madrid off with a classy volley from Martin Satriano, below.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
The evolutionary advantage of fetid roses was that their odor deterred animal herds that grazed in their habitat.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
-
The New York Yankees are dealing with a stinky spring training situation after a sewage leak penetrated their clubhouse and outer hallway, and created pools of fetid water around George Steinbrenner Stadium.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
This list will answer your questions about flying ones, venomous ones, really fast ones, and smelly ones.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
-
The Apollo astronauts occasionally had to deal with smelly situations, including some fecal matter that escaped the waste bag and floated through the capsule during Apollo 10 in 1969.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
Having gone in the tank for Griffin, North Carolina’s highest courts are a noisome example of why partisanship ought to have no place in judicial selection.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
-
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
7 Nov. 2022
Adjective
-
When Hegseth tries to don the armor of a warrior priest, the result is a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
-
However, suet molds in the rain and quickly turns rancid in hot weather.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Stenchful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stenchful. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
