stinker

noun

stink·​er ˈstiŋ-kər 

1

a

: an offensive or contemptible person

b

: one that stinks

c

: something of very poor quality

also : dud sense 2a

the movie is a stinker

2

: any of several large petrels that have an offensive odor

3

slang : something extremely difficult

the examination was a real stinker

Synonyms

• bastard
• beast
• bleeder [British]
• blighter [chiefly British]
• boor
• bounder
• bugger
• buzzard
• cad
• chuff
• churl
• clown
• creep
• cretin
• crud [slang]
• crumb [slang]
• cur
• dirtbag [slang]
• dog
• fink
• heel
• hound
• jerk
• joker
• louse
• lout
• pill
• rat
• rat fink
• reptile
• rotter
• schmuck [slang]
• scum
• scumbag [slang]
• scuzzball [slang]
• skunk
• sleaze
• sleazebag [slang]
• sleazeball [slang]
• slime
• slimeball [slang]
• slob
• snake
• so-and-so
• sod [chiefly British]
• stinkard
• swine
• toad
• varmint
• vermin

Examples of stinker in a Sentence

He is a dirty little stinker.

a real stinker of a performance

Recent Examples on the Web

So, don’t be a hypocrite: Turn off your A/C. Tom Scott Sneaky stinkers Queens Village: What gets me about these companies claiming that odor-free deodorants last up to 72 hours is that they are obviously geared toward people who hate to shower! —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024

The success will be welcome news for Pixar, which had been seeking a blockbuster hit after a string of box office and critical stinkers since the pandemic. —Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 June 2024

But after the Game 3 stinker, the Nuggets are alive and well, and Game 4 is suddenly of the utmost importance. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 May 2024

Statistically some of them are bound to be stinkers. —Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1a