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- DictionaryStink/stiNGk/
verb
- 1. have a strong unpleasant smell: "the place stank like a sewer"
- 2. be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous: informal "the industry's reputation stinks"
noun
- 1. a strong unpleasant smell; a stench: "the stink of the place hit me as I went in"
- 2. a commotion or fuss: informal "no matter how nice the restaurant is, wacko Meg has to make a big stink and embarrass the rest of us"
The meaning of STINK is to emit a strong offensive odor. How to use stink in a sentence.
verb (used without object) , stank [stangk]or, often, stunk [stuhngk];stunk; stink·ing. to emit a strong offensive smell. Synonyms: reek. to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor. Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.
stink verb [I] (SMELL) Your feet stink! The morning after the party, the whole house stank of beer and cigarettes. He hadn't showered for over a week and stank to high heaven (= a lot). The woman next to me sprayed on some perfume and stank out the whole place (= filled it with an unpleasant smell).
stink. noun [ C usually singular ] informal us / stɪŋk / uk / stɪŋk /. a strong unpleasant smell: The stink of rotting seaweed was strong along the seashore. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Synonyms for STINK: stench, reek, funk, scent, rankness, rancidity, foulness, mustiness; Antonyms of STINK: perfume, fragrance, aroma, sweetness, spiciness, bouquet, lusciousness, savoriness.
[intransitive] stink (of something) to seem very bad, unpleasant or dishonest. The whole business stank of corruption. ‘What do you think of the idea?’ ‘I think it stinks.’
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