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stink⋅y

[sting-kee]
–adjective, stink⋅i⋅er, stink⋅i⋅est.
1. foul smelling; stinking.
2. Informal. mean-spirited; nasty.

Origin:
stink + -y 1
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stink   (stĭngk)   
v.   stank (stāngk) or stunk (stŭngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks

v.   intr.
  1. To emit a strong foul odor.

    1. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.

    2. To be in extremely bad repute.

    3. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

    4. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

  2. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.

  3. Slang

    1. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

    2. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

v.   tr.
To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.
n.  
  1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

  2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).


[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.]
stink'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
stinky

  1. mod.
    bad. : You have a very stinky attitude. Really stinky.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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