stinky

Meaning

Synonyms

smelly
C2
stinking
C1
foul-smelling
fetid
malodorous
rank
C1
lousy
B2
rotten
B2
icky
25k
reeking
37k
crappy
C1
shitty
B2

bad-smelling

foetid
foul
B2

ill-smelling

malodourous

unpleasant-smelling

shoddy
25k
smell
A2
👃
smelling
C1
sordid
C2
sorry
A1
trashy
21k
unwholesome
woebegone
woeful
40k
wretched
C1
ropey

scent spray

olid

stuffy-smelling

panoramic radar

bad tasting

odiferous
liftin
crestfallen
deplorable
28k
execrable
funky
C1
hangdog
infelicitous
miserable
B2
niffy
noisome
odious
29k
odoriferous
odorous
piteous
punk
B2
Translations

fedorento
puzzolente
puant
stinkend
hediondo
fetido
malcheiroso
stinkend
fétide
fétido
fedido
pudent
fedida
fedorenta

verpestend

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɪŋki/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
stinky
Cognate with Dutch
stinkig
Cognate with German
German
stinkig
Cognate with Hunsrik
stinkich
In summary

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

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