stink

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To have a strong bad smell.
2. (informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
3. To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
4. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

smell

👃

stench

reek

smell bad

bad smell

smell rotten

bad odour

bad-smelling

be bright

be fragrant

be poor

foul smell

smell high

smell musty

smell strong

smell strongly

bad odor

offensive smell

rotten smell

frowst

fear

😨

be bad

be rank

become putrid

give off a bad odor

have an unpleasant odour

reek to high heaven

smell up

stink to high heaven

stink up

give off an offensive smell

reach one’s nostrils

get a noseful

smell fetid

smell putrid

falstench

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɪŋk/

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).