stinking

[ sting-king ]

adjective

1. that smells foul; foul-smelling.

   Synonyms: miasmal, rank, foul, putrescent, rotten, putrid, smelly

2. Slang. very drunk; plastered.
3. Slang. very rich:

   His father left him so much money he's stinking.

4. contemptible; disgusting:

   a stinking shame.

adverb

1. completely or extremely:

   stinking drunk.

stinking

/ ˈstɪŋkɪŋ /

adjective

1. having a foul smell
2. informal.
   unpleasant or disgusting
3. slang.
   postpositive very drunk

adverb

1. informal.
   (intensifier, expressing contempt for the person referred to)

   stinking rich

Derived Forms

• ˈstinkingness, noun
• ˈstinkingly, adverb

Other Words From

• stinking·ly adverb
• stinking·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinking¹

before 1000; Middle English stinkinge, Old English stincende. See stink, -ing ²

Example Sentences

"You and your children cannot breathe the air or swim in the waters of our culture without breathing in the toxic particulates and stinking effluvia that belch and pour unchecked from their companies into the currents of our world," he said of the pair.

From BBC

Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria took it all in before dashing to catch their flights home to California, that place haters depict as a stinking hellhole.

From Los Angeles Times

What should you do if your pot-smoking neighbor is stinking up your yard?

From Los Angeles Times

The now-shuttered Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, where part of the finale was set, is recalled by Pruitt as a dump with stinking carpet.

From Salon

Some predators are confused — or disgusted — by animals that abruptly go limp, especially while those animals are stinking and bleeding.

From New York Times

Related Words

• fetid
• foul-smelling
• funky
• putrid