stinking
Americanadjective
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having a foul smell
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informal unpleasant or disgusting
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slang (postpositive) very drunk
adverb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stinking
before 1000; Middle English stinkinge, Old English stincende. See stink, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
A poisonous river of a stinking yellow liquid rushed downhill, inundating homes and fields, including the one where she grew corn to feed her eight children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
The first obstacle was that I didn't know she would be so stinking cute, with a perfect little smile that made me want to spoil her rotten.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria took it all in before dashing to catch their flights home to California, that place haters depict as a stinking hellhole.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
Teeth waddles in front of me, guiding me along a human path made of crushed stone stuck together with some kind of resin, like sap, only awful and stinking.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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