stink

[ stingk ]

/ stɪŋk /

verb (used without object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

to emit a strong offensive smell.

to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.

Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.

Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.

verb (used with object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.

noun

a strong offensive smell; stench.

Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.

stinks, (used with a singular verb) British Slang. chemistry as a course of study.

Verb Phrases

stink out, to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.

Origin of stink

before 900; (v.) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with German stinken. (v.); cf. stench

SYNONYMS FOR stink

1 reek.

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OTHER WORDS FROM stink

out·stink, verb (used with object), out·stank or, often, out·stunk; out·stunk; out·stink·ing.

Words nearby stink

stinging tree, stingless bee, stingo, stingray, stingy, stink, stink ball, stink bomb, stink bug, stink out, stink stone

Example sentences from the Web for stink

Shortly after his confession, Vision Forum Ministries closed up shop, unable to continue with the stink of sex scandal upon them.

Sex Scandal Rocks the Duggars’ Christian Patriarchy Movement |Amanda Marcotte |April 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hilton danced in a corner by herself while her then-boyfriend, shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, gave her the stink eye.

Sundance ’14 Party Report: Anne Hathaway’s A Great Wingwoman, Kristen Stewart Cuts A Rug, and More |Marlow Stern |January 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As you get older, the more you think, the more you stink, really.

The Haunted Stage: Conor McPherson on His Plays |Ronald K. Fried |January 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Intellectual shut-ins are a dime a dozen these days, and they all stink just as bad as the next one.

Paul Krugman’s Nasty and Inane Attack on ‘Libertarian Populism’ |Nick Gillespie |July 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Her fiancé is raising a stink bigger than the s*** I took this morning.

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They can be buried in the earth, till they breed worms and stink.

The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles |Alfred Plummer
Having served their notices, they were induced by Mr. Stink to resolve not to maintain the infant.

Ginx's Baby |Edward Jenkins
He is not buried as yet, nor doth he stink, as is designed he shall, before he lies down in oblivion.

The Life and Death of Mr Badman |John Bunyan
But, by God His faith, an they would be ruled by me, he should get such a trouncing therefor that he should stink for it!'

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio |Giovanni Boccaccio
For those Northmen know that if once the stink of fish died out, Vard would cease to exist.

Through Arctic Lapland |Cutcliffe Hyne

British Dictionary definitions for stink

stink

/ (stɪŋk) /

noun

a strong foul smell; stench

slang a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink)

like stink intensely; furiously

verb stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk (mainly intr)

to emit a foul smell

slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent this town stinks

informal to have a very bad reputation his name stinks

to be of poor quality

(foll by of or with) slang to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)

(tr usually foll by up) informal to cause to stink

Word Origin for stink

Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench

Idioms and Phrases with stink

stink

In addition to the idiom beginning with stink

stink to high heaven

also see:

big stink
make a stink
smell (stink) up

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stink

verb (used without object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

verb (used with object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for stink

noun

verb stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk (mainly intr)

Word Origin for stink

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stink

verb (used without object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

verb (used with object), stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink·ing.

noun

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OTHER WORDS FROM stink

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noun

verb stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk (mainly intr)

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