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STINKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Synonyms:
fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stinkiness" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stinkiness"):
B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)
Derivation:
stinky (having an unpleasant smell)
