stinking smell

  • 1stinking — stink|ing1 [ˈstıŋkıŋ] adj 1.) having a very strong unpleasant smell = ↑smelly ▪ stinking garbage cans 2.) [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize what you are saying when you are angry ▪ I hate this stinking boring job! 3.) [only before noun] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2stinking — adjective 1 having a very strong unpleasant smell: an alley full of stinking garbage cans 2 spoken used to emphasize what you are saying when you are angry: Just keep your stinking money then. 3 (only before noun) informal, especially BrE very… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3Stinking Lizaveta — Infobox musical artist Name = Stinking Lizaveta Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = flagicon|USAPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Genre = Doom/Stoner Metal Years active = 1994–present Label = Compulsiv, Tolotta, At …

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  • 4stinking — I. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. strong and offensive to the sense of smell < stinking garbage > 2. slang offensively drunk 3. contemptible, lousy often used as an intensive < the whole stinking affair > Synonyms: see malodorous …

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  • 5stinking — stink|ing [ stıŋkıŋ ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) with a very unpleasant smell: mountains of stinking garbage 2. ) SPOKEN very unpleasant: I had a stinking cold. stinking rich very rich …

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  • 6stinking — UK [ˈstɪŋkɪŋ] / US adjective informal 1) with a very unpleasant smell mountains of stinking rubbish 2) spoken very unpleasant I had a stinking cold. • stinking rich …

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  • 7Stinking — Stink Stink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st[ o]kkva to leap, to spring,&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8stinking yew — noun rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed • Syn: ↑stinking cedar, ↑Torrey tree, ↑Torreya taxifolia • Hypernyms: ↑yew • Member Holonyms: ↑Torreya, ↑ …

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  • 9stinking — adjective a) Having a pungent smell. Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking b) Very bad and undesirable …

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  • 10stinking cedar — noun rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed • Syn: ↑stinking yew, ↑Torrey tree, ↑Torreya taxifolia • Hypernyms: ↑yew • Member Holonyms: ↑Torreya, ↑ …

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