stink

/stiɳk/

Thân thiện

The garbage can in the alley gives off a terrible stink.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A strong, unpleasant, and offensive smell.
   • (Informal) A major fuss, scandal, or complaint.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To emit a strong, offensive odor.
   • (Informal) To be extremely unpleasant, contemptible, or of very poor quality.

3. Verb (transitive):

   • To cause to stink; to fill with a bad smell.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • There was a terrible stink coming from the garbage can.
  • The scandal caused a real stink in the local community.

• Verb (intransitive):

  • The rotten eggs stink.
  • His attitude really stinks.
  • That movie stinks; don't waste your time.

• Verb (transitive):

  • He stank the whole room up with his cheap cigar.

Advanced Usage

• "to make/raise/create/kick up a stink": To complain loudly and forcefully about something.

  • The residents made a stink about the new construction noise.

• "to stink to high heaven": To smell extremely bad; (figuratively) to be very suspicious or corrupt.

  • This deal stinks to high heaven; I think we're being cheated.

Variants and Related Words

• Stinker (n, informal):

  • A person or thing that stinks.
  • A difficult or unpleasant person or situation.

    • That puzzle was a real stinker.

• Stinking (adj/adv, informal):

  • Smelling very bad.
  • (As an intensifier) Extremely.

    • He's stinking rich.

• Stink bomb (n): A small device that releases a foul smell when broken.

Synonyms

• Noun (smell): Stench, reek, foul odor.
• Verb (to smell bad): Reek, smell foul.
• Verb (to be bad): Be terrible, be awful, be lousy.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Stink out (phrasal verb, transitive):

  • To fill a place with a bad smell.

    • The burnt popcorn stank out the entire office.
  • (British, informal) To force someone out of a place by creating a bad smell.

• Stink up (phrasal verb, transitive):

  • To make a place smell very bad.

    • Please take out the trash before it stinks up the kitchen.

Related Idioms

• "Like stink" (adverbial phrase, informal, British): With great speed, energy, or intensity.

  • He ran like stink to catch the bus.

• "Stink of/with something": To have an unpleasantly strong suggestion of a particular (often negative) quality.

  • The whole proposal stinks of corruption.
  • (From reference) He stinks of money. (Meaning: He is very obviously rich.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Verb

1. smell badly and offensively
   • The building reeks of smoke
2. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
   • This term paper stinks!

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