adj
Meaning 1
Having a pungent smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
stinking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Very bad and undesirable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I have a stinking cold.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Very drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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adj
Meaning 4
An intensifier, a hypallage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
Examples
- We don’t need your stinking sympathy.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
The emission of a foul smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of stink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
offensively malodorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, ill-scented
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
very bad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (“to stink”), equivalent to stink + -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).
From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq) — having a bad smell
- Bulgarian: вонящ (vonjašt) — having a bad smell
- Bulgarian: смрадлив (smradliv) — having a bad smell
- Chinese Mandarin: 臭的 — having a bad smell
- Czech: smradlavý — having a bad smell
- Dagbani: baɣibaɣi — having a bad smell
- Dutch: stinkt — having a bad smell
- German: stinkig — having a bad smell
- Ancient Greek: δυσώδης (dusṓdēs) — having a bad smell
- Ancient Greek: κάκοσμος (kákosmos) — having a bad smell
- Italian: puzzolente — having a bad smell
- Italian: puzzoso — having a bad smell
- Italian: fetente — having a bad smell
- Italian: fetido — having a bad smell
- Italian: maleodorante — having a bad smell
- Italian: graveolente — having a bad smell
- Latin: foetidus — having a bad smell
- Latin: rancidus — having a bad smell
- Latvian: smirdošs — having a bad smell
- Latvian: smirdīgs — having a bad smell
- Macedonian: смрдлив (smrdliv) — having a bad smell
- Macedonian: баздлив (bazdliv) — having a bad smell
- Māori: whakapiro — having a bad smell
- Portuguese: fedorento — having a bad smell
- Portuguese: fedido — having a bad smell
- Romanian: împuțit — having a bad smell
- Russian: воню́чий (vonjúčij) — having a bad smell
- Russian: злово́нный (zlovónnyj) — having a bad smell
- Russian: смра́дный (smrádnyj) — having a bad smell
- Scots: mingin — having a bad smell
- Spanish: fétido — having a bad smell
- Tocharian B: yolo-were — having a bad smell
- Ukrainian: смердю́чий (smerdjúčyj) — having a bad smell
- Ukrainian: смо́рідний (smóridnyj) — having a bad smell
- Volapük: lusmelik — having a bad smell
- Bulgarian: противен (protiven) — very bad
- Bulgarian: отвратителен (otvratitelen) — very bad
- Macedonian: одвратен (odvraten) — very bad