stinky

stink  (stngk)

v. stank (stngk) or stunk (stngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks

v.intr.

1. To emit a strong foul odor.

2.

a. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.

b. To be in extremely bad repute.

3. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.

4. Slang

a. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

b. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

v.tr.

To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.

n.

1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).

Idiom:

make/raise a stink Slang

To make a great fuss.

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[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.]

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stinky adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stinky - having an unpleasant smell ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling
	2.	stinky - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"