stink

🇺🇸 /stɪŋk/ 🇬🇧 /stɪŋk/
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intransitive verb
R

To have an offensive odor.

The garbage was left out in the heat and it really stinks now.

R

To be very bad or morally wrong.

The way they treated him really stinks.

noun
R

A very bad smell.

The stink from the sewer was unbearable.

R

A lot of trouble or controversy.

The new policy caused a big stink among the employees.

translation

vi. To have an offensive odor.; To be very bad or morally wrong.
n. A very bad smell.; A lot of trouble or controversy.

Word Forms

Past stunk
3rd Present stinks
Progressive stinking
Plural stinks
Perfect stunk