stinky

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

//ˈstɪŋki//

Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.

adjective

1
Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
What is that stinky smell?
2
informalBad, undesirable.
1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37, […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down. “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151, “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.” “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172, The binky drifted up and far away, To the man in the moon, I heard them say; A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), Low German stinkig (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich. Compare also Saterland Frisian stjunkerch (“stinky”), West Frisian stjonkerich (“stinky”).

noun

1
A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

Forms

plural: stinkies
comparative: stinkier, more stinky
superlative: stinkiest, most stinky

stink · To have a strong bad smell.stinking · Having a pungent smell.stinks · Chemistry (as a subject taught in school).

stinky · Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.

Stinky · A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.stir · To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a…stirring · invigorating or inspiring

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