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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stink has 1 sense
- stink(n = noun.cognition) fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant; Array is a kind of odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
has particulars: niff, pong
Derived forms verb stink2, adjective stinky1
Verb stink has 2 senses
- stink(v = verb.stative) Array - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" is one way to be
- stink(v = verb.perception) reek - smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" is one way to smell
Derived form noun stinker3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun stink1, noun stinker2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
stink, v. i. [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. rancid. Cf. Stench.].
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor. [1913 Webster]
stink, v. t.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. [1913 Webster]
stink, n. [AS. stinc.].
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stink, v. & n.
--v. (past stank or stunk; past part. stunk)
1 intr. emit a strong offensive smell.
2 tr. (often foll. by out) fill (a place) with a stink.
3 tr. (foll. by out etc.) drive (a person) out etc. by a stink.
4 intr. colloq. be or seem very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous.
5 intr. (foll. by of) colloq. have plenty of (esp. money).
--n.
1 a strong or offensive smell; a stench.
2 colloq. a row or fuss (the affair caused quite a stink).
--v. (past stank or stunk; past part. stunk)
1 intr. emit a strong offensive smell.
2 tr. (often foll. by out) fill (a place) with a stink.
3 tr. (foll. by out etc.) drive (a person) out etc. by a stink.
4 intr. colloq. be or seem very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous.
5 intr. (foll. by of) colloq. have plenty of (esp. money).
--n.
1 a strong or offensive smell; a stench.
2 colloq. a row or fuss (the affair caused quite a stink).
Idiom
like stink colloq. intensely; extremely hard or fast etc. (working like stink). stink bomb a device emitting a stink when exploded.
Etymology
OE stincan ult. f. WG: cf. STENCH
THESAURUS
stink
BO, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, body odor, breathe, emit a smell, exhale, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, foul breath, foul odor, frowst, funk, graveolence, halitosis, malodor, mephitis, miasma, nidor, noxious stench, offend the nostrils, offensive odor, reek, reeking, rotten smell, smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to heaven, smell up, stench, stench of decay, stink out, stink up, suck, yield an odorROGET THESAURUS
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Uncleanness
VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.Fetor
N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.VB have a bad smell, smell, stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a polecat, smell strong, smell offensively.
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