stink

English Thesaurus

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell,
definition	:	the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	niff, pong,
definition	:	an unpleasant smell (noun.cognition)

2. smell badly and offensively (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	smell,
definition	:	smell bad (verb.perception)

3. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)

4. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	reek, stink,
definition	:	smell badly and offensively (verb.perception)

derivation	:	ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling,
definition	:	having an unpleasant smell (adj.all)

derivation	:	mephitic, miasmic,
definition	:	of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution (adj.all)

5. smell badly and offensively (verb.perception)

also	:	smell up, stink out, stink up,
definition	:	cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell (verb.perception)

derivation	:	stinker,
definition	:	anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink,
definition	:	a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant (noun.cognition)

6. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lemon, stinker,
definition	:	an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory (noun.artifact)

7. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	reek, stink,
definition	:	smell badly and offensively (verb.perception)

derivation	:	ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling,
definition	:	having an unpleasant smell (adj.all)

derivation	:	mephitic, miasmic,
definition	:	of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution (adj.all)

8. smell badly and offensively (verb.perception)

also	:	smell up, stink out, stink up,
definition	:	cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell (verb.perception)

derivation	:	stinker,
definition	:	anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink,
definition	:	a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant (noun.cognition)

9. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lemon, stinker,
definition	:	an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory (noun.artifact)