Antonyms of adj stinky

2 senses of stinky

Sense 1
malodorous (vs. fragrant), malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky -- (having an unpleasant smell)


Sense 2
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky -- (very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world")

INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good -- (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office")

Similarity of adj stinky

2 senses of stinky

Sense 1
malodorous (vs. fragrant), malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky -- (having an unpleasant smell)
       => bilgy -- (smelling like bilge water)
       => fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented -- (offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky")
       => fusty, musty, frowsty -- (stale and unclean smelling)
       => gamey, gamy, high -- ((used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted)
       => miasmic, mephitic -- (of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution)
       => niffy -- ((British informal) malodorous)
       => odoriferous, odorous -- (emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack")
       => putrid-smelling -- (having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter)
       => rank-smelling -- (having an offensive rancid odor)
       => reeking -- (giving off a strong unpleasant smell)
       => sour, rancid -- (smelling of fermentation or staleness)

Sense 2
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky -- (very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world")
       => bad (vs. good) -- (having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice")

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