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STINKING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensively malodorous
Example:
the kitchen smelled really funky
Synonyms:
fetid; foetid; foul; foul-smelling; funky; ill-scented; noisome; smelly; stinking
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very bad
Example:
it's a stinking world
Synonyms:
crappy; icky; lousy; rotten; shitty; stinking; stinky
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb stink
