stink
verb
[ stɪŋk ]
• have a strong unpleasant smell.
• "the place stank like a sewer"
Similar:
reek,
smell foul/bad/disgusting,
stink/smell to high heaven,
give off a bad smell,
• be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous.
• "he thinks the values of our society stink"
Similar:
be very unpleasant,
be abhorrent,
be despicable,
be contemptible,
be disgusting,
be vile,
be foul,
suck,
stink
noun
• a strong unpleasant smell; a stench.
• "the stink of the place hit me as I went in"
Similar:
stench,
reek,
foul smell,
bad smell,
fetidness,
effluvium,
malodour,
malodorousness,
miasma,
pong,
niff,
hum,
guff,
pen and ink,
funk,
fetor,
mephitis,
noisomeness,
• a row or fuss.
• "a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle"
Similar:
fuss,
commotion,
rumpus,
ruckus,
trouble,
outcry,
uproar,
brouhaha,
furore,
song and dance,
to-do,
carry-on,
hoo-ha,
row,
kerfuffle,
foofaraw,
stink
adjective
• having a strong unpleasant smell.
• "‘What you doing with that stink dog?’"
• contemptible; corrupt.
• "the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher"
Origin:
Old English stincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench.
