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- Dictionarystink/stɪŋk/
verb
- 1. have a strong unpleasant smell: "the place stank like a sewer" Similar
- 2. be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous: informal "he thinks the values of our society stink" Similar
noun
- 1. a strong unpleasant smell; a stench: "the stink of the place hit me as I went in" Similar
- 2. a row or fuss: informal "a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle" Similar
adjective
- 1. having a strong unpleasant smell: "‘What you doing with that stink dog?’"
- 2. contemptible; corrupt: "the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher"
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to be extremely bad or unpleasant: I think her whole attitude stinks. His acting stinks but he looks good, so he's offered lots of movie roles. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : to emit a strong offensive odor. stank of urine. 2. : to be offensive. the election stank of corruption. also : to be in bad repute. 3. : to possess something to an offensive degree. stinking with wealth. 4. : to be extremely bad or unpleasant. the performance stank. that news really stinks. stinky. ˈstiŋ-kē. adjective.
Stink definition: to emit a strong offensive smell.. See examples of STINK used in a sentence.
When things stink, they smell terrible. If you throw food scraps in your kitchen trash can, it will eventually start to stink. You can say that something stinks — your dog's breath, or your brother's feet — and you can call the offensive odor itself a stink.
If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. [informal, disapproval] I think their methods stink. [VERB] The whole thing stinks of political corruption. [VERB + of] Synonyms: be bad, be no good, be rotten, be offensive More Synonyms of stink.
to be extremely bad or unpleasant: I think her whole attitude stinks. His acting stinks but he looks good, so he's offered lots of movie roles. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
n. 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 intensely; furiously. vb ( mainly intr) , stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk. 4. to emit a foul smell.
1. To stink means to smell very bad. [...] 2. If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. [informal, disapproval] [...] 3. If someone makes a stink about something they are angry about, they show their anger in order to make people take notice.
STINK definition: 1. to smell very bad: 2. to be very bad and dishonest: 3. to complain about something in a…. Learn more.
stink. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English stink1 /stɪŋk/ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [ intransitive] 1 to have a strong and very unpleasant smell It stinks in here! stink of His breath stank of alcohol.
