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Definitions for Stinking

[1] that smells foul; foul-smelling.
[2] Slang . very drunk; plastered.
[3] Slang . very rich: His father left him so much money he's stinking.
[4] contemptible; disgusting: a stinking shame.
[5] completely or extremely: stinking drunk.
[6] to emit a strong offensive smell.
[7] to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
[8] Informal . to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.
[9] Slang . to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with ): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
[10] to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up ): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
[11] a strong offensive smell; stench.
[12] Informal . an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
[13] stinks, (used with a singular verb ) British Slang . chemistry as a course of study.
[14] stink out , to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
[15] having a foul smell
[16] informal unpleasant or disgusting
[17] (postpositive) slang very drunk
[18] informal (intensifier, expressing contempt for the person referred to) stinking rich
[19] a strong foul smell; stench
[20] slang a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink )
[21] like stink intensely; furiously
[22] to emit a foul smell
[23] slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent this town stinks
[24] informal to have a very bad reputation his name stinks
[25] to be of poor quality
[26] (foll by of or with ) slang to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
[27] (tr usually foll by up ) informal to cause to stink

Words related to Stinking

putrid, funky, fetid, foul, rank, reeking, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, offensive, rancid

Words nearby Stinking

stinkard, stinkaroo, stinkball, stinker, stinkhorn, stinking, stinking ash, stinking badger, stinking cedar, stinking chamomile, stinking iris

Origin of Stinking

before 900; (v.) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with German stinken. (v.); cf. stench

Other words from Stinking

stink·ing·ly , adverb
stink·ing·ness , noun
out·stink , verb (used with object), out·stank or, often, out·stunk; out·stunk; out·stink·ing.

Word origin for Stinking

Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench

Synonyms for Stinking

fetid, foul-smelling, funky, putrid, foul, rank, reeking, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, odiferous, offensive, rancid, stenchy, strong-smelling