STINKING

fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented

(adjective) offensively malodorous; “a foul odor”; “the kitchen smelled really funky”

icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky

(adjective) very bad; “a lousy play”; “it’s a stinking world”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

stinking (comparative more stinking, superlative most stinking)

Having a pungent smell.

Very bad and undesirable.

(euphemism) An intensifier, a minced oath.

Verb

stinking

present participle of stink

Etymology 2

Noun

stinking (plural stinkings)

The emission of a foul smell.

Source: Wiktionary

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Stink"ing, a. & n.

Definition: from Stink, v. Stinking badger (Zoöl.), the teledu.

– Stinking cedar (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia).

STINK

Stink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank (, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.] Etym: [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. Stench.]

Definition: To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Stink, v. t.

Definition: To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stink, n. Etym: [AS. stinc.]

Definition: A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. Fire stink. See under Fire.

– Stink-fire lance. See under Lance.

– Stink rat (Zoöl.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] -- Stink shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] Stink trap, a stench trap. See under Stench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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