Stink

/stɪŋk/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
2. (intransitive, stative, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
3. (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
4. (transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
5. A strong bad smell.
6. (informal) A complaint or objection.
7. (slang, New Zealand) Bad; inferior; worthless.
8. (Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) Bad-smelling, stinky.

Example Sentences

That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

They gave me Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen. I thought it was going to stink, but it didn't. It was a very good book.

My French stinks, Langdon thought, but my zodiac iconography is pretty good. Taurus was always the bull. Astrology was a symbolic constant all over the world.

Improve your golf swing by taking your mate to the driving range. If you're good, you can show off and give her some tips. If you stink, play it for laughs.

Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.

“I’m thankful for this beautiful morning!” He points toward the sky. “See that sunrise? Smell that air—” / “That’s stink from the rendering plant.”

If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.

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• stinks
• stinking
• stank
• stunk
• more stink
• most stink

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