Stinking — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance

smell badly and offensively

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈɪŋkɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈɪŋkɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈɪŋkɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈɪŋkɪŋ/.

Examples

This term paper stinks!
The building reeks of smoke
a lousy play

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lousy reek crappy icky ill-scented foul fetid rotten smelly foul-smelling funky noisome shitty stinky foetid stink

Parts of Speech

verb	be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance “This term paper stinks!”
verb	smell badly and offensively “The building reeks of smoke”
adjective	very bad “a lousy play”
adjective	offensively malodorous “a foul odor”

Word Forms

stinker	noun	an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
reek	noun	a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
stink	noun	a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
crap	noun	obscene words for unacceptable behavior
lousiness	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
shit	noun	something of little value
fetidness	noun	the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
foulness	noun	the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
noisomeness	noun	the quality of being noxious
smell	noun	any property detected by the olfactory system

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stinkend

in der Qualität oder in der Leistung extrem schlecht sein

🇫🇷French

puant

être extrêmement mauvais en termes de qualité ou de performance

🇪🇸Spanish

maloliente

Ser extremadamente malo en calidad o en el desempeño.

🇮🇹Italian

puzzolente

essere estremamente pessimo in termini di qualità o di prestazione

🇳🇱Dutch

stinkend

extreem slecht zijn in kwaliteit of in iemands prestaties

🇵🇹Portuguese

fedorento

ser extremamente ruim em qualidade ou desempenho

🇷🇺Russian

вонючий

быть крайне плохим по качеству или производительности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बदबूदार

गुणवत्ता या किसी के प्रदर्शन में बेहद खराब होना

🇧🇩Bengali

দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত

গুণমানে বা কারও পারফরম্যান্সে অত্যন্ত খারাপ হওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

துர்நாற்றம் வீசுகிறது

தரம் அல்லது ஒருவரின் செயல்திறனில் மிகவும் மோசமாக இருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్వాసన వెదజల్లుతోంది

నాణ్యతలో లేదా ఒకరి పనితీరులో చాలా చెడ్డది

🇮🇳Marathi

दुर्गंधीयुक्त

गुणवत्तेत किंवा एखाद्याच्या कामगिरीमध्ये अत्यंत वाईट व्हा

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુર્ગંધયુક્ત

ગુણવત્તામાં અથવા કોઈના પ્રદર્શનમાં અત્યંત ખરાબ બનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆ ಬೀರುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಒಬ್ಬರ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷಮತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕೆಟ್ಟದಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുർഗന്ധം വമിക്കുന്നു

ഗുണനിലവാരത്തിലോ ഒരാളുടെ പ്രകടനത്തിലോ വളരെ മോശമായിരിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਬੂਦਾਰ

ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹੁਤ ਮਾੜਾ ਬਣੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدبودار

معیار یا کسی کی کارکردگی میں انتہائی خراب ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

臭

质量或表现极差

🇯🇵Japanese

臭い

品質またはパフォーマンスが非常に悪い

🇰🇷Korean

악취가 나는

품질이나 실적이 극히 나쁘다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hôi hám

cực kỳ tệ về chất lượng hoặc hiệu suất của một người

🇹🇭Thai

เหม็น

มีคุณภาพหรือประสิทธิภาพการทำงานที่แย่มาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

bau

menjadi sangat buruk dalam kualitas atau kinerja seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

mabaho

maging lubhang masama sa kalidad o sa pagganap ng isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

berbau busuk

menjadi sangat buruk dalam kualiti atau dalam prestasi seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كريه الرائحة

أن تكون سيئة للغاية من حيث الجودة أو الأداء

🇮🇷Persian

متعفن

از نظر کیفیت یا عملکرد بسیار بد باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

kokuşmuş

kalite veya kişinin performansı açısından son derece kötü olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַסרִיחַ

להיות גרוע מאוד באיכות או בביצועים של אחד

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The primary meaning of 'stinking' is 'be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance'.

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