English > stinky: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Having an unpleasant smell. |
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| Synonyms | malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling |
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| Narrower | bilgy | Smelling like bilge water |
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| fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented | offensively malodorous |
| fusty, musty, frowsty | Stale and unclean smelling |
| gamey, gamy, high | (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted |
| miasmic, mephitic | Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution |
| niffy | (British informal) malodorous |
| odoriferous, odorous | emitting an odor |
| putrid-smelling | Having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter |
| rank-smelling | Having an offensive rancid odor |
| reeking | giving off a strong unpleasant smell |
| sour, rancid | Smelling of fermentation or staleness |
| Opposite | fragrant | pleasant-smelling |
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| Spanish | fétido, hediondo, maloliente |
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| Nouns | stink | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
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| stinkiness | the attribute of having a strong offensive smell |
