Stink

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a strong foul odor.
  • verb-intransitive. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in extremely bad repute.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.
  • v. To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.
  • n. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.
  • n. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military” ( David Nyhan).
  • idiom. make Slang To make a great fuss.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To have a strong bad smell.
  • v. To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
  • v. To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
  • n. A strong bad smell.
  • n. A complaint or objection.
  • n. chemistry (as a subject taught in school)
  • n. A failure or unfortunate event.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
  • v. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
  • n. A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To emit a strong offensive smell; send out a disgusting odor; hence, to be in bad odor; have a bad reputation; be regarded with disfavor.
  • To annoy with an offensive smell; affect in any way by an offensive odor.
  • n. A strong offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
  • n. Hell, regarded as a region of sulphurous smells (or of infamy?).
  • n. A disagreeable exposure.
  • n. Synonyms Stench, etc. See smell.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
  • v. smell badly and offensively
  • n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
  • Verb Form
    stank    stinking    stinks    stunk   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be    smell   
    Variant
    stunk    stank   
    Form
    stunk    stank    stinking    stinky    stinkbomb    kick up a stink    stink machine    stinker    stink badger   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stench    smell    pong    reek    suck    blow    fishy    odor    fetor    odour   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chink    Fink    Inc    Inc.    bink    blink    brink    chink    cinque    clink   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stench    odor    fume    whiff    tang    odour    stank    taint    filth    dampness