[syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank, p. pr. &
vb. n. Stinking.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to
spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf.
Stench.]
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting
odor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stinking \Stink"ing\,
a. & n. from Stink, v.
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Stinking badger (Zool.), the teledu.
Stinking cedar (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, a
related tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stinking
adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled
really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-
smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-
scented]