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Stink

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Noun

1. fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Verb

2. stink

be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance

Example Sentences:
'This term paper stinks!'

3. reek, stink

smell badly and offensively

Example Sentences:
'The building reeks of smoke'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stink

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noun
1. 
a strong foul smell; stench
2. slang
a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink)
3.  like stink
verbWord forms: stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk (mainly intr)
4. 
to emit a foul smell
5. slang
to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent
this town stinks
6. informal
to have a very bad reputation
his name stinks
7. 
to be of poor quality
8. (foll by of or with) slang
to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
9. (transitive; usually foll by up) informal
to cause to stink

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Stink

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verb intransitiveWord forms: stank or stunk, stunk, ˈstinking
1. 
to give off a strong, unpleasant smell
2. 
to be very offensive; be hateful or abhorrent
3.  Slang
to be of low standard or quality; be no good
4.  Slang
to have much or an excess
with of or with
noun
5. 
a strong, unpleasant smell; stench
6.  Slang
a strong public reaction, as one of outrage, censure, protest, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stink

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v. stank (stăngk) or stunk (stŭngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks
v.intr.
1. To emit a strong foul odor: The basement stinks of mildew.
2. Slang
a. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: These golf clubs stink.
b. To be in extremely bad repute: His name has stunk ever since that scandal.
c. To be morally offensive or have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about her testimony stinks.
d. To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that is stinking with money; an act that stinks of jealousy.
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).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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