stinking

[ sting-king ]

/ ˈstɪŋ kɪŋ /

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adjective

that smells foul; foul-smelling.

Slang. very drunk; plastered.

Slang. very rich: His father left him so much money he's stinking.

contemptible; disgusting: a stinking shame.

adverb

completely or extremely: stinking drunk.

OTHER WORDS FOR stinking

1 smelly, putrid, rotten, putrescent, foul, miasmal, rank.

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Origin of stinking

before 1000; Middle English stinkinge,Old English stincende.See stink, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM stinking

stink·ing·ly, adverbstink·ing·ness, noun

Words nearby stinking

stink bomb, stink bug, stinker, stink eye, stinkhorn, stinking, stinking ash, stinking badger, stinking cedar, stinking chamomile, stinking iris

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How to use stinking in a sentence

One ancient source described aspiring scribes as “stinking bulls.”
Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts|Bruce Bower|May 4, 2022|Science News
And “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds|P. J. O’Rourke|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now those are destroyed, too, and the animals are strewn about, bloating and stinking, as if in a tableau of “Guernica.”
Inside the Gaza Schoolyard Massacre|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the language about public schools and cricket bewildered audiences and Frank Rich gave it a stinking review.
Bring ‘Another Country’ to Broadway: Why a Hit British Classic Needs Its New York Moment|Tom Teodorczuk|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She goes on to dismiss “stinking romanticism” as sick, akin to “boils & blisters & warts.”
Flannery O’Connor’s Desire for God|Jen Vafidis|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And Alfonso goes, "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges" and starts shooting at them.
Mel Brooks’s 11 Favorite Movie Scenes: ‘Psycho’ to ‘Some Like It Hot’|Mel Brooks|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
And I will water the earth with thy stinking blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be filled with thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Again, we will pass through stinking sewers, up to our elbows in putrid filth.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
It makes me smile, Why, what a stinking smother will they utter!
The Little French Lawyer|Francis Beaumont
Extract of stinking goose-foot; Extractum chenopodii, L. Prep.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for stinking

stinking

/ (ˈstɪŋkɪŋ) /

adjective

having a foul smell

informal unpleasant or disgusting

(postpositive) slang very drunk

adverb

informal (intensifier, expressing contempt for the person referred to)stinking rich

Derived forms of stinking

stinkingly, adverbstinkingness, noun

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