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Dictionary: stink·ing   (stĭng'kĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having a foul smell; fetid.
  2. Slang. Drunk; intoxicated.
adv. Slang
Used as an intensive: stinking rich.

stinkingly stink'ing·ly adv.
stinkingness stink'ing·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, foul-smelling, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, reeky. Informal smelly. See smells/good smells/bad smells/smell.
  2. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal cockeyed, stewed. Slang blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheetsintothe wind. See drugs/temperance.

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adj

Definition: dreadful
Antonyms: mild, slight

adj

Definition: foul-smelling
Antonyms: aromatic, sweet-smelling


Veterinary Dictionary: stinking
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Having an intrinsic fetid smell.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To have a bad odor.

pronunciation On no other ground Can I sow my seed Without tearing up Some stinking weed. — William Blake (1757-1827)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stinkende
adv. - stinkende

idioms:

  • stinking rich    stinkende rig

Nederlands (Dutch)
stinkend, weerzinwekkend

Français (French)
adj. - puant, infect
adv. - de manière éc¯urante/infecte

idioms:

  • cry stinking fish    puer le poisson pourri
  • stinking rich    pourri de fric

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stinkend, widerlich
adv. - stinkend

idioms:

  • cry stinking fish    in Verruf bringen
  • stinking rich    stinkreich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βρομερός, βρομιάρης, (καθομ.) κερατένιος

idioms:

  • stinking rich    (καθομ.) πολύ πλούσιος, ματσωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
puzzolente, fetente, che fa schifo, terribile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fedorento

Русский (Russian)
вонючий, противный, ужасный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apestoso, maloliente, hediondo
adv. - con hediondez

idioms:

  • cry stinking fish    hablar mal de los esfuerzos o productos propios
  • stinking rich    ser un ricacho

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stinkande, motbjudande, avskyvärd, rutten, dödfull, plakat

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
发恶臭的, 烂醉如泥的, 非常讨厌的, 十分, 非常

idioms:

  • stinking rich    非常有钱的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 發惡臭的, 爛醉如泥的, 非常討厭的
adv. - 十分, 非常

idioms:

  • stinking rich    非常有錢的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 악취가 나는, 코를 찌르는, 치사한
adv. - 지독히, 엄청나게

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悪臭を発する, 鼻もちならない, 鼻持ちならない, どえらい
adv. - 非常に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نتن, عفن, سكران جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבאיש, דוחה, שלילי‬
adv. - ‮באופן דוחה ביותר‬


 
 
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