English Explanatory Dictionary

stink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have a strong bad smell.
  2. To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
  3. To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
  4. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
noun
  1. A strong bad smell.
  2. A complaint or objection.
adj
  1. Bad; inferior; worthless.
  2. Bad-smelling, stinky.

Pronunciation

stĭngk /stɪŋk/ en-us-stink.ogg

Word forms

stink stinks stinking stank stunk more stink most stink

Etymology

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).

Synonyms

pong reek suck blow be fishy fetor odour odor smell stench

Derived words

astink destink firestink fish and company stink after three days give out stink kick up a stink like stink like stink on shit make a stink money does not stink outstink Palestinkian raise a stink stink a buzzard off a gut wagon stink a dog off a gut wagon stinkage stink ant stinkard stink a skunk off a gut wagon stink badger stinkbag stinkbait stinkball stink bean stink beetle stinkbird stinkbomb stinkbug stinkbush stink-cat stink cedar stinkdamp stink egg stinker stink eye stinkfest stink fighting stink head stinkhole stinkhorn stinkhouse stinkless stink like a mackerel stink like a mackerel in the moonlight stink like a mackerel in the sun stink like a polecat stink line stink machine stinko Stinkomalee stinkometer stink on ice stink out stinkpot stink pretty stinks stinksome stinkstone stink the joint out stink to high heaven

Translations

Bulgarian: химия
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