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The meaning of STINK is to emit a strong offensive odor. How to use stink in a sentence. to emit a strong offensive odor; to be offensive; also : to be in bad repute; to possess something to an offensive degree…
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 definition: 1. to smell very unpleasant: 2. to be extremely bad or unpleasant: 3. a strong unpleasant smell: . Learn more.
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.
[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.’. Word Origin. Phrasal Verbs. stink out. See stink in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: stink.
To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that is stinking with money; an act that stinks of jealousy. v.tr. To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard. n. 1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench. 2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military"(David Nyhan). Idiom:
verb. smell badly and offensively. synonyms: reek. see more. verb. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance. “This term paper stinks !” see more. noun. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench. see more. Pronunciation. US. /stɪŋk/ UK. /stɪŋk/ Cite this entry.
