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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STINKING, ppr. Emitting a strong offensive smell.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky]
2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul- smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill- scented]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. strong and offensive to the sense of smell <stinking garbage> 2. slang offensively drunk 3. contemptible, lousy — often used as an intensive <the whole stinking affair> Synonyms: see malodorous • stinkingly adverb II. adverb Date: 1887 to an extreme degree <got stinking drunk>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 that stinks. 2 sl. very objectionable. --adv. sl. extremely and usu. objectionably (stinking rich). Phrases and idioms: stinking badger a teledu. Derivatives: stinkingly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stinking Stink"ing, a. & n. from Stink, v. Stinking badger (Zo["o]l.), the teledu. Stinking cedar (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stink Stink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf. Stench.] To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use stinking to describe something that is unpleasant or bad. (INFORMAL) I had a stinking cold. ADJ: ADJ n 2. see also stink

Moby Thesaurus

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