Mike Patton

Sometimes a certain project will have a smell... It will have a little stench about it. That is a warning signal. You know it's going to be a nightmare. You know they are not going to like it, and it's not worth it.

American Musician

Don McCullin

There's nothing I don't know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you'll get that through looking at one of my pictures.

British Photographer

Nostradamus

A great stench will come from Lausanne, but they will not know its origin; they will put out all people from distant places, fire seen in the sky, a foreign nation defeated.

French Celebrity

Cyril Connolly

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.

English Journalist

P. J. O'Rourke

Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.

American Comedian

Gunter Grass

I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.

German Author

Kate Christensen

Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.

American Novelist

Sean Evans

Attempting to squash your permeating stench of a loser by bum rushing every girl you come across is a bad look.

American Entertainer

Margaret Thatcher

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

English Leader

Franz Kafka

Novelist

The term 'stench' indicates an extremely strong odor, much worse than a scent or smell.

Intensity Matters

'Stench' is used for smells that are unpleasant or disgusting, never for good smells.

Negative Connotation

People often react physically to a stench by holding their nose or looking disgusted.

Physical Reaction

Metaphorically, 'stench' describes a situation or behavior that feels morally disgusting.

Metaphorical Use

Using 'stench' for moral offenses shows the speaker's strong negative opinion.

Subjective Judgment

Be aware that what is considered a moral 'stench' can vary greatly between different cultures.

Cultural Sensitivity

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