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   stink

   /stɪŋk/

   verb

   • 1. have a strong unpleasant smell: "the place stank like a sewer" Similar reeksmell foul/bad/disgustingstink/smell to high heavengive off a bad smell
   • 2. be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous: informal "he thinks the values of our society stink" Similar be very unpleasantbe abhorrentbe despicablebe contemptiblebe disgustingbe vilebe foulinformal:suck

   noun

   • 1. a strong unpleasant smell; a stench: "the stink of the place hit me as I went in" Similar stenchreekfoul smellbad smellfetidnesseffluviummalodourmalodorousnessmiasmainformal:pongniffhumguffrhyming slang:pen and inkinformal:funkrare:fetormephitisnoisomeness
   • 2. a row or fuss: informal "a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle" Similar fusscommotionrumpusruckustroubleoutcryuproarbrouhahafuroreinformal:song and danceto-docarry-onhoo-harowkerfufflefoofaraw

   adjective

   • 1. having a strong unpleasant smell: "‘What you doing with that stink dog?’"
   • 2. contemptible; corrupt: "the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher"

   Word Origin Old Englishstincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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