Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stink

1 sense of stink

Sense 1
malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis -- (a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant)
       => smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception -- (the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stink

2 senses of stink

Sense 1
stink -- (be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 2
reek, stink -- (smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke")
       => smell -- (smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells")
          Phrasal Verb-> stink up#1; stink out#1

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