verb
- to have a strong unpleasant smell
- to be very bad or unpleasant
Usage: informal
noun
- a strong unpleasant smell
- a situation that causes anger or complaint
Usage: informal
Examples
- The garbage really stinks in this heat.
- His socks stink after playing soccer all day.
- This movie stinks – let’s leave early.
- The whole plan stinks if you ask me.
- There’s a terrible stink coming from the basement.
- The protesters raised a stink about the new policy.
- What’s that awful stink in here?