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STINKY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an unpleasant smell
Synonyms:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling
Classified under:
Similar:
bilgy (smelling like bilge water)
fetid; foetid; foul; foul-smelling; funky; ill-scented; noisome; smelly; stinking (offensively malodorous)
frowsty; fusty; musty (stale and unclean smelling)
gamey; gamy; high ((used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted)
mephitic; miasmic (of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution)
niffy ((British informal) malodorous)
odoriferous; odorous (emitting an odor)
putrid-smelling (having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter)
rank-smelling (having an offensive rancid odor)
reeking (giving off a strong unpleasant smell)
rancid; sour (smelling of fermentation or staleness)
Derivation:
stink (a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant)
stinkiness (the attribute of having a strong offensive smell)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very bad
Example:
it's a stinking world
Synonyms:
crappy; icky; lousy; rotten; shitty; stinking; stinky
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
