Stinky — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having an unpleasant smell

very bad

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈɪŋki/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈɪŋki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈɪŋki/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈɪŋki/.

Examples

a lousy play
it's a stinking world

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lousy unpleasant-smelling crappy icky stinking malodorous rotten shitty ill-smelling malodourous

Antonyms

fragrant

Parts of Speech

adjective	having an unpleasant smell
adjective	very bad “a lousy play”

Word Forms

malodorousness	noun	the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
stinkiness	noun	the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
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

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stinkend

einen unangenehmen Geruch haben

🇫🇷French

puant

avoir une odeur désagréable

🇪🇸Spanish

apestoso

tener un olor desagradable

🇮🇹Italian

puzzolente

avere un odore sgradevole

🇳🇱Dutch

stinkend

een onaangename geur hebben

🇵🇹Portuguese

fedorento

tendo um cheiro desagradável

🇷🇺Russian

вонючий

имеющий неприятный запах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बदबूदार

एक अप्रिय गंध होना

🇧🇩Bengali

দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত

একটি অপ্রীতিকর গন্ধ হচ্ছে

🇮🇳Tamil

துர்நாற்றம் வீசும்

விரும்பத்தகாத வாசனையுடன்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్వాసన

ఒక అసహ్యకరమైన వాసన కలిగి

🇮🇳Marathi

दुर्गंधीयुक्त

एक अप्रिय वास येणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુર્ગંધવાળું

એક અપ્રિય ગંધ આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಬ್ಬು ನಾರುವ

ಅಹಿತಕರ ವಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നാറുന്ന

അസുഖകരമായ മണം ഉള്ളത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਬੂਦਾਰ

ਇੱਕ ਕੋਝਾ ਗੰਧ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدبودار

ایک ناخوشگوار بو ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

臭的

有难闻的气味

🇯🇵Japanese

臭い

不快な臭いがする

🇰🇷Korean

냄새나는

불쾌한 냄새가 난다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hôi hám

có mùi khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

เหม็น

มีกลิ่นอันไม่พึงประสงค์

🇮🇩Indonesian

bau

memiliki bau yang tidak sedap

🇵🇭Filipino

mabaho

pagkakaroon ng hindi kanais-nais na amoy

🇲🇾Malay

berbau busuk

mempunyai bau yang tidak menyenangkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نتن

وجود رائحة كريهة

🇮🇷Persian

بدبو

داشتن بوی نامطبوع

🇹🇷Turkish

kokmuş

hoş olmayan bir kokuya sahip olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מסריח

בעל ריח לא נעים

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