The meaning of Stinking

adjective

Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

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Acrid smoke

adjective

Strong, bitter, and unpleasant

Usage examples:

The electrical fire sent thick clouds of acrid smoke through the office.

adjective

Smelling extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The fetid water of the marsh

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

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Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

adjective

(of music) having or using a strong dance rhythm, in particular that of funk.

Usage examples:

Some excellent funky beats

adjective

Frightened, panicky, or cowardly.

Usage examples:

He did not give up to you like a funky traveller to a highwayman

verb

Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.

Usage examples:

The computers hummed

noun

A low, steady continuous sound.

Usage examples:

The hum of insects

exclamation

Used to express hesitation or dissent.

Usage examples:

‘ah, hum, elsie, isn't it?’

adjective

Smelling very unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Leaking taps and malodorous drains

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

It smells a bit niffy down there., the room was starting to get niffy.

adjective

Having an extremely offensive smell.

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Noisome vapours from the smouldering waste

adjective

Very unpleasant and offensive

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A noisome stench

adjective

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Usage examples:

They were overcome by the noxious fumes

adjective

(esp. of a gas) poisonous or harmful

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Noxious gases

adjective

Having a sharply strong taste or smell.

Usage examples:

The pungent smell of frying onions

adjective

(of a smell or taste) very strong, sometimes in an unpleasant way

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Pungent odors

adjective

(of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.

Usage examples:

A butcher who sold putrid meat

noun

A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Usage examples:

An army officer of high rank

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

adjective

(of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely.

Usage examples:

Clumps of rank grass

verb

Smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.

Usage examples:

The yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure

noun

A foul smell.

Usage examples:

The reek of cattle dung

verb

To have a strong, unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

The locker room reeked of gym clothes., the reek of dead fish

verb

Smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.

Usage examples:

The yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure

noun

A foul smell.

Usage examples:

The reek of cattle dung

noun

Smoke.

Usage examples:

He recovered himself and turned to peer through the reek

adjective

Having a strong or unpleasant smell.

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Smelly feet

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

Smelly feet, the basement is damp and smelly.

adjective

Having a strong or unpleasant smell.

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Stinky cheese

adjective

Having or producing an unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

Stinky cheese, the job is dirty, a little stinky, and far from glamorous.

verb

Draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lips and mouth to make a partial vacuum.

Usage examples:

They suck mint juleps through straws

noun

An act of sucking something.

Usage examples:

The fish draws the bait into its mouth with a strong suck

exclamation

Used to express derision and defiance.

Usage examples:

Sucks to them!

adjective

Having an unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

Whiffy socks

adjective

Smelling unpleasant

Usage examples:

He hadn't showered for a couple of days and was starting to get whiffy.