stink
[noun]
Synonyms:
- stench, fetor, foul smell, pong (Brit. informal)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- reek, pong (Brit. informal)

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Related Idioms: be rotten (or lousy)
Related Words: smell

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. stink¹ /stɪŋk/ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: stincan]

1. to have a strong and very unpleasant smell:
It stinks in here!
stink of
His breath stank of alcohol.
The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).

2. spoken used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc:
Don’t eat there – the food stinks!
The whole justice system stinks.
stink something ↔ out British English, stink something ↔ up American English phrasal verb
to fill a place with a very unpleasant smell:
Those onions are stinking the whole house out.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. stink² noun [countable usually singular]

1. a very bad smell Synonym : stench
stink of
the stink of burning rubber

2. cause/kick up/make etc a stink to complain very strongly:
Activists have raised a stink about the shipments of nuclear waste.

3. work/run/go like stink British English old-fashioned to work etc as fast and as well as you can:
We had to work like stink to meet the deadline.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

stink
noun
I. very unpleasant smell
ADJ. acrid, overpowering
STINK + NOUN bomb
PREP. ~ of the acrid stink of cordite

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stink
II. very strong complaint about sth
ADJ. tremendous
VERB + STINK cause, kick up, make, raise The parents of the pupils say they'll kick up a stink if the school roof isn't repaired before the winter.

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