Stink
verb
To smell very badly.
His shoes stink so bad after the game.
Often appears as...
- stink to high heaven
- stink like a skunk
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To be very undesirable or unpleasant.
I feel like this whole situation stinks.
Often appears as...
- stink of corruption
- stink of deceit
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A strong unpleasant smell.
There has been a strange stink in this room all day.
Often appears as...
- a bad stink
- stink of death
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A scandal or controversy.
The finance scandal has become a major stink.
Often appears as...
- create a stink
- raise a stink
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To perform badly.
Our team really stunk last night.
Often appears as...
- stink at
- stinks to high heavens
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To smell very badly.
His shoes stink so bad after the game.
Often appears as...
- stink to high heaven
- stink like a skunk
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To be very undesirable or unpleasant.
I feel like this whole situation stinks.
Often appears as...
- stink of corruption
- stink of deceit
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A strong unpleasant smell.
There has been a strange stink in this room all day.
Often appears as...
- a bad stink
- stink of death
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A scandal or controversy.
The finance scandal has become a major stink.
Often appears as...
- create a stink
- raise a stink
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To perform badly.
Our team really stunk last night.
Often appears as...
- stink at
- stinks to high heavens
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'stink' for very bad odors, not just any smell.
He forgot his wet laundry in the machine, and now it stinks.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Speech
'Stink' is informal and more common in spoken language.
You need to wash your dog; he really stinks.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Saying something stinks can express disgust or strong disapproval.
Ugh, the garbage stinks!
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'stink' for very bad odors, not just any smell.
He forgot his wet laundry in the machine, and now it stinks.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Speech
'Stink' is informal and more common in spoken language.
You need to wash your dog; he really stinks.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Saying something stinks can express disgust or strong disapproval.
Ugh, the garbage stinks!
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'stink' for very bad odors, not just any smell.
He forgot his wet laundry in the machine, and now it stinks.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Speech
'Stink' is informal and more common in spoken language.
You need to wash your dog; he really stinks.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Saying something stinks can express disgust or strong disapproval.
Ugh, the garbage stinks!
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Video examples
Adam Sadowsky engineers...
as much as the small stuff stinks we needed somewhere to start so that we would have somewhere to go and so you have to start with it you have to focus on it small stuff stinks but of course it's essential right what else planning is incredibly important you know we spent a lot of time I da ting and even building some of these things
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Can seaweed help curb...
involves a planetary-scale intervention. And we have to be very careful. I think that piles of stinking seaweed are probably going to be the least of our problems. There's other unforeseen things that will happen. One of the things that really worries me, when I talk about this, is the fate of biodiversity in the deep ocean.
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Why every student...
drawer for kids that needed to eat, and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good. See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. Years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me.
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Rita Pierson: Every kid...
See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life.
Video examples
Why do we pass gas? -...
Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are the most common gaseous products of bacterial fermentation, and are odorless. Some people also produce methane due to specific microbes present in their gut. But methane is actually odorless, too. Well then, what stinks?
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Behind the Scenes with...
that that we take care of all the little creatures and and and big creatures too can you give our reader some green tips so that they can help protect the environment well it's all about energy and cleanliness you don't want to stink
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"I Was Engaged When I...
don't get cut this a stinking mind that stigma sticks with your family your father and everybody around your family will carry forever so I told my father if you don't let me go to school I'll run away and you remain with the stigma
Video examples
Gordon Tries Fermented...
That's the right texture. Can you cut that, please? Is this a joke? Oh my lord. Oh my god. It's like putty. Why is this so-- a special rare delicacy when it stinks? You should not think about the smell.
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
there a stink bug in my book look at that this is the worst creature in the entire world they're walking towards the here we go in the groove of the book that is a horrible stink bug get out of
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Largest Lizard on Earth...
To get the dragons to bite, we're going to need a little bit of encouragement in the form of some honking meat. We have a bite test gauge with stinking rotten meat on it.
Video examples
Adam Sadowsky engineers...
as much as the small stuff stinks we needed somewhere to start so that we would have somewhere to go and so you have to start with it you have to focus on it small stuff stinks but of course it's essential right what else planning is incredibly important you know we spent a lot of time I da ting and even building some of these things
Video examples
Can seaweed help curb...
involves a planetary-scale intervention. And we have to be very careful. I think that piles of stinking seaweed are probably going to be the least of our problems. There's other unforeseen things that will happen. One of the things that really worries me, when I talk about this, is the fate of biodiversity in the deep ocean.
Video examples
Why every student...
drawer for kids that needed to eat, and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good. See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. Years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me.
Video examples
Rita Pierson: Every kid...
See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life.
Video examples
Why do we pass gas? -...
Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are the most common gaseous products of bacterial fermentation, and are odorless. Some people also produce methane due to specific microbes present in their gut. But methane is actually odorless, too. Well then, what stinks?
Video examples
Behind the Scenes with...
that that we take care of all the little creatures and and and big creatures too can you give our reader some green tips so that they can help protect the environment well it's all about energy and cleanliness you don't want to stink
Video examples
"I Was Engaged When I...
don't get cut this a stinking mind that stigma sticks with your family your father and everybody around your family will carry forever so I told my father if you don't let me go to school I'll run away and you remain with the stigma
Video examples
Gordon Tries Fermented...
That's the right texture. Can you cut that, please? Is this a joke? Oh my lord. Oh my god. It's like putty. Why is this so-- a special rare delicacy when it stinks? You should not think about the smell.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
there a stink bug in my book look at that this is the worst creature in the entire world they're walking towards the here we go in the groove of the book that is a horrible stink bug get out of
Video examples
Largest Lizard on Earth...
To get the dragons to bite, we're going to need a little bit of encouragement in the form of some honking meat. We have a bite test gauge with stinking rotten meat on it.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Gelsey Kirkland
American Dancer
At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.
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Melissa Mathison
American Writer
I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.
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Ron Perlman
American Actor
I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up.
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Rod Taylor
Australian Actor
When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
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Dennis Prager
American Journalist
The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.
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James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
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Bridgette Wilson
American Actress
I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink.
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Danny Aiello
American Actor
If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
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Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.
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Kevin Eubanks
American Musician
My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
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Gelsey Kirkland
American Dancer
At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.
Quote examples
Melissa Mathison
American Writer
I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.
Quote examples
Ron Perlman
American Actor
I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up.
Quote examples
Rod Taylor
Australian Actor
When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
Quote examples
Dennis Prager
American Journalist
The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.
Quote examples
James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Quote examples
Bridgette Wilson
American Actress
I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink.
Quote examples
Danny Aiello
American Actor
If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
Quote examples
Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.
Quote examples
Kevin Eubanks
American Musician
My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
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