stinking
/ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/
verb
🇬🇧 UK
/ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/
🇺🇸 US
/ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · verb
To have a strong bad smell.
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Meaning 2 · verb
To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
“That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.”
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Meaning 3 · verb
To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
“Something stinks about the politician's excuses.”
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Meaning 4 · verb
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
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Meaning 5 · adjective
Having a pungent smell.
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Meaning 6 · adjective
Very bad and undesirable.
“Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.”
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Meaning 7 · adjective
An intensifier, a minced oath.
“We don’t need your stinking sympathy.”
How this word is used
- General “That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.”
- General “Something stinks about the politician's excuses.”
- General “Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.”
- General “We don’t need your stinking sympathy.”
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