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
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
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