stinking

1 of 2

adjective

stink·ing ˈstiŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce stinking (audio)

: strong and offensive to the sense of smell

stinking garbage

slang : offensively drunk

: contemptible, lousy

—often used as an intensive

the whole stinking affair

stinkingly adverb

stinking

2 of 2

adverb

: to an extreme degree

got stinking drunk

Synonyms

Adjective

fetid
foul
frowsty [chiefly British]
frowsy
frowzy
funky
fusty
malodorous
musty
noisome
rank
reeking
reeky
ripe
smelly
stenchy
stinky
strong

Adverb

achingly
almighty
archly
awful
awfully
badly
beastly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
damn
damned
dang
deadly
desperately
eminently
enormously
especially
ever
exceedingly
exceeding
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
frightfully
full
greatly
heavily
highly
hugely
immensely
incredibly
intensely
jolly
majorly
mightily
mighty
monstrous [chiefly dialect]
mortally
most
much
particularly
passing
rattling
real
really
right
roaring
roaringly
seriously
severely
so
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
thumping
too
unco
uncommonly
vastly
very
vitally
way
whacking
wicked
wildly

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective Put out that stinking cigar. came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen Adverb a huge, showy house that screams, “We're stinking rich!”

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.

Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019 Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.

Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019 GothamGetty Images Aren't expectant parents Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee just so stinking cute?

Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2019 Second, the Huskies covered the spread as the favorite one stinking time?

Mike Anthony, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2019 The area included a stinking heap: years of goat dung in layers up to a foot thick.

Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019 Man, that’s one crazy set of numbers, not to mention a stinking pile of horse manure, as the two long-revered defenders continue to make one sensational play after another . .

Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 19 July 2019 But his mechanics were already pretty stinking good.

Robert Klemko, SI.com, 15 July 2019 Eventually, more fat, oil, and grease congeal onto the mess and build up into giant stinking globs.

National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2017 See More

stinking 1 of 3

adjective

as in stinky

having an unpleasant smell came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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stinky
reeking
smelly
filthy
rotting
fetid
disgusting
ripe
malodorous
foul
rotten
rotted
dirty
noisome
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musty
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funky
putrid
frowsy
reeky
rancid
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bad
vile
frowsty
nasty
frowzy
revolting
stale
spoiled
decaying
spoiling
repulsive
skunky
decomposing
noxious
decayed
odorous
offensive
odiferous
decomposed
odoriferous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

fragrant
sweet
scented
redolent
perfumed
aromatic
savoury
savory
ambrosial
flowery
spicy
woodsy
fruity

as in drunk

slang being under the influence of alcohol warned her husband not to come home stinking—or he'd be sleeping on the couch

Synonyms & Similar Words

drunk
drunken
wet
fried
wasted
blind
impaired
bombed
plastered
gassed
loaded
ripped
lit
pickled
blasted
besotted
stewed
boozy
smashed
crocked
sloshed
high
tight
stiff
inebriated
inebriate
stoned
intoxicated
tipsy
under the influence
tiddly
soused
looped
wiped out
blotto
potted
hammered
alcoholic
blitzed
sottish
tanked
squiffy
juiced
lit up
squiffed
cockeyed
canned
oiled
pie-eyed
sozzled
three sheets to the wind
under the weather
three sheets in the wind
beery
maudlin
debauched
dopey
crapulous
in the bag
in one's cups
befuddled
rocky
strung out
dissolute
stupefied
dissipated
dopy
bibulous
bleary-eyed
dipsomaniacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

dry
straight
sober
temperate
cool
level
steady
abstemious
abstinent
teetotal
clearheaded

stinking

2 of 3

adverb

as in damned

to a great degree a huge, showy house that screams, "We're stinking rich!"

Synonyms & Similar Words

damned
damn
extremely
terribly
very
incredibly
too
badly
highly
so
desperately
full
filthy
jolly
really
that
super
severely
real
seriously
awful
mighty
far
dang
wildly
intensely
most
much
awfully
heavily
wicked
such
especially
sore
exceptionally
passing
roaring
absolutely
fabulously
fiercely
rattling
good and
deadly
extra
greatly
way
fantastically
beastly
monstrous
exceeding
cracking
particularly
whacking
exceedingly
supremely
frightfully
thumping
bone
totally
utterly
almighty
mortally
achingly
immensely
specially
surpassingly
hugely
a lot
corking
uncommonly
eminently
sorely
vitally
completely
thoroughly
unco
remarkably
spanking
roaringly
blisteringly
positively
enormously
deeply
majorly
colossally
archly
vastly
right
downright
mightily
entirely
ever
wholly
visibly
noticeably
significantly
as all get-out
fully
profoundly
radically
considerably
obviously
purely
substantially
flat-out
obscenely
palpably
notably
monumentally
extensively
altogether
markedly
monstrously
discernibly
excessively
plainly
plentifully
abundantly
astonishingly
appreciably
staggeringly
amazingly
astronomically
grandly
overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

little
somewhat
slightly
nominally
just
barely
negligibly
hardly
scarcely
marginally
minimally
scantily
meagerly

stinking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of stink

as in reeking

to give off an extremely unpleasant smell the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again

Synonyms & Similar Words

reeking
smelling
disgusting
rotting
decomposing
decaying
revolting
exhaling
savoring
spoiling
savouring
offending
repulsing

as in sucking

to be objectionable or unsatisfactory their team really stinks this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

sucking
smelling
biting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ruling
rocking

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of stinking are fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, noisome, putrid, and rank. While all these words mean "bad-smelling," stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting.

prisoners were held in stinking cells

the fetid odor of skunk cabbage

Both fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age.

a fusty attic

the musty odor of a damp cellar

The words malodorous and stinking are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive.

malodorous fertilizers

Although the words noisome and stinking have much in common, noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive.

a stagnant, noisome sewer

The synonyms putrid and stinking are sometimes interchangeable, but putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter.

the putrid smell of rotting fish

In some situations, the words rank and stinking are roughly equivalent. However, rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell.

rank cigar smoke

单词	stinking
释义	stinking 1 of 2 adjective stink·ing ˈstiŋ-kiŋ 1 : strong and offensive to the sense of smell stinking garbage 2 slang : offensively drunk 3 : contemptible, lousy —often used as an intensive the whole stinking affair stinkingly adverb stinking 2 of 2 adverb : to an extreme degree got stinking drunk Synonyms Adjective fetid foul frowsty [chiefly British] frowsy frowzy funky fusty malodorous musty noisome rank reeking reeky ripe smelly stenchy stinky strong Adverb achingly almighty archly awful awfully badly beastly blisteringly bone colossally corking cracking damn damned dang deadly desperately eminently enormously especially ever exceedingly exceeding extra extremely fabulously fantastically far fiercely filthy frightfully full greatly heavily highly hugely immensely incredibly intensely jolly majorly mightily mighty monstrous [chiefly dialect] mortally most much particularly passing rattling real really right roaring roaringly seriously severely so sore sorely spanking specially such super supremely surpassingly terribly that thumping too unco uncommonly vastly very vitally way whacking wicked wildly See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective Put out that stinking cigar. came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen Adverb a huge, showy house that screams, “We're stinking rich!” Recent Examples on the Web Adjective This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019 Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen. Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019 GothamGetty Images Aren't expectant parents Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee just so stinking cute? Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2019 Second, the Huskies covered the spread as the favorite one stinking time? Mike Anthony, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2019 The area included a stinking heap: years of goat dung in layers up to a foot thick. Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019 Man, that’s one crazy set of numbers, not to mention a stinking pile of horse manure, as the two long-revered defenders continue to make one sensational play after another . . Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 19 July 2019 But his mechanics were already pretty stinking good. Robert Klemko, SI.com, 15 July 2019 Eventually, more fat, oil, and grease congeal onto the mess and build up into giant stinking globs. National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adverb 1887, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing stinking stinking rich stinking drunk stinking smut stinking rich stinking drunk stinking smut stinking 1 of 3 adjective 1 as in stinky having an unpleasant smell came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stinky reeking smelly filthy rotting fetid disgusting ripe malodorous foul rotten rotted dirty noisome strong musty fusty funky putrid frowsy reeky rancid stenchy rank bad vile frowsty nasty frowzy revolting stale spoiled decaying spoiling repulsive skunky decomposing noxious decayed odorous offensive odiferous decomposed odoriferous Antonyms & Near Antonyms fragrant sweet scented redolent perfumed aromatic savoury savory ambrosial flowery spicy woodsy fruity See More 2 as in drunk slang being under the influence of alcohol warned her husband not to come home stinking—or he'd be sleeping on the couch Synonyms & Similar Words drunk drunken wet fried wasted blind impaired bombed plastered gassed loaded ripped lit pickled blasted besotted stewed boozy smashed crocked sloshed high tight stiff inebriated inebriate stoned intoxicated tipsy under the influence tiddly soused looped wiped out blotto potted hammered alcoholic blitzed sottish tanked squiffy juiced lit up squiffed cockeyed canned oiled pie-eyed sozzled three sheets to the wind under the weather three sheets in the wind beery maudlin debauched dopey crapulous in the bag in one's cups befuddled rocky strung out dissolute stupefied dissipated dopy bibulous bleary-eyed dipsomaniacal Antonyms & Near Antonyms dry straight sober temperate cool level steady abstemious abstinent teetotal clearheaded See More stinking 2 of 3 adverb as in damned to a great degree a huge, showy house that screams, "We're stinking rich!" Synonyms & Similar Words damned damn extremely terribly very incredibly too badly highly so desperately full filthy jolly really that super severely real seriously awful mighty far dang wildly intensely most much awfully heavily wicked such especially sore exceptionally passing roaring absolutely fabulously fiercely rattling good and deadly extra greatly way fantastically beastly monstrous exceeding cracking particularly whacking exceedingly supremely frightfully thumping bone totally utterly almighty mortally achingly immensely specially surpassingly hugely a lot corking uncommonly eminently sorely vitally completely thoroughly unco remarkably spanking roaringly blisteringly positively enormously deeply majorly colossally archly vastly right downright mightily entirely ever wholly visibly noticeably significantly as all get-out fully profoundly radically considerably obviously purely substantially flat-out obscenely palpably notably monumentally extensively altogether markedly monstrously discernibly excessively plainly plentifully abundantly astonishingly appreciably staggeringly amazingly astronomically grandly overmuch Antonyms & Near Antonyms little somewhat slightly nominally just barely negligibly hardly scarcely marginally minimally scantily meagerly See More stinking 3 of 3 verb present participle of stink 1 as in reeking to give off an extremely unpleasant smell the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again Synonyms & Similar Words reeking smelling disgusting rotting decomposing decaying revolting exhaling savoring spoiling savouring offending repulsing 2 as in sucking to be objectionable or unsatisfactory their team really stinks this year Synonyms & Similar Words sucking smelling biting Antonyms & Near Antonyms ruling rocking Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of stinking are fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, noisome, putrid, and rank. While all these words mean "bad-smelling," stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage Both fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar The words malodorous and stinking are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. malodorous fertilizers Although the words noisome and stinking have much in common, noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. a stagnant, noisome sewer The synonyms putrid and stinking are sometimes interchangeable, but putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. the putrid smell of rotting fish In some situations, the words rank and stinking are roughly equivalent. However, rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. rank cigar smoke
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