stinking
that smells foul; foul-smelling.
Slang. very drunk; plastered.
Slang. very rich: His father left him so much money he's stinking.
contemptible; disgusting: a stinking shame.
completely or extremely: stinking drunk.
Origin of stinking
1Other words for stinking
Other words from stinking
- stink·ing·ly, adverb
- stink·ing·ness, noun
Words Nearby stinking
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How to use stinking in a sentence
One ancient source described aspiring scribes as “stinking bulls.”
Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts | Bruce Bower | May 4, 2022 | Science NewsAnd “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds | P. J. O’Rourke | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow those are destroyed, too, and the animals are strewn about, bloating and stinking, as if in a tableau of “Guernica.”
But the language about public schools and cricket bewildered audiences and Frank Rich gave it a stinking review.
Bring ‘Another Country’ to Broadway: Why a Hit British Classic Needs Its New York Moment | Tom Teodorczuk | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe goes on to dismiss “stinking romanticism” as sick, akin to “boils & blisters & warts.”
And Alfonso goes, "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges" and starts shooting at them.
Mel Brooks’s 11 Favorite Movie Scenes: ‘Psycho’ to ‘Some Like It Hot’ | Mel Brooks | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd I will water the earth with thy stinking blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be filled with thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAgain, we will pass through stinking sewers, up to our elbows in putrid filth.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiIt makes me smile, Why, what a stinking smother will they utter!
The Little French Lawyer | Francis BeaumontExtract of stinking goose-foot; Extractum chenopodii, L. Prep.
British Dictionary definitions for stinking
/ (ˈstɪŋkɪŋ) /
having a foul smell
informal unpleasant or disgusting
(postpositive) slang very drunk
informal (intensifier, expressing contempt for the person referred to): stinking rich
Derived forms of stinking
- stinkingly, adverb
- stinkingness, noun
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