1
: to emit a strong offensive odor
stank of urine
2
: to be offensive
the election stank of corruption
also
: to be in bad repute
3
: to possess something to an offensive degree
stinking with wealth
4
: to be extremely bad or unpleasant
the performance stank
that news really stinks
Synonyms
Examples of stink in a Sentence
Verb
The food is good at that restaurant, but the service stinks.
Having a root canal stinks.
Noun
People raised a stink about the new law.
He kicked up a stink about the way he'd been treated.
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Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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Wearing none of the stink of Unfrosted, which somehow got an Outstanding Television Movie nomination!
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Verb
Run game stinks The run game never got going Thursday.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Picking standouts at each position My dynasty league football team stinks!
—New York Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
From electric blue waves to eye-watering stink Oct. 30, 2024
Why are dead oarfish washing ashore?
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Wearing none of the stink of Unfrosted, which somehow got an Outstanding Television Movie nomination!
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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“Stink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stink. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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