Stinky

/ˈstɪŋki/ · adjective

Meaning

Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
2. (informal) Bad, undesirable.
3. (childish) A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

Example Sentences

What is that stinky smell?

1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37, […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down. “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”

2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151, “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.” “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.

2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172, The binky drifted up and far away, To the man in the moon, I heard them say; A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

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• stinkier
• more stinky
• stinkiest
• most stinky
• stimky
• stonky
• stinkies

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