stinking

/ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To have a strong bad smell.

  2. 2

    To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

    That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
  3. 3

    To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

    Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
  4. 4

    To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a pungent smell.

  2. 2

    Very bad and undesirable.

    Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.
  3. 3

    An intensifier, a minced oath.

    We don’t need your stinking sympathy.

noun

  1. 1

    The emission of a foul smell.

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