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Definition of Stinking
1. Adjective. Very bad. "It's a stinking world"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Bad
Derivative terms: Crap, Lousiness, Shit
2. Adjective. Offensively malodorous. "The kitchen smelled really funky"
Similar to: Ill-smelling, Malodorous, Malodourous, Stinky, Unpleasant-smelling
Derivative terms: Fetidness, Foulness, Noisomeness, Smell
Definition of Stinking
1. Adjective. Having a pungent smell. ¹
2. Adjective. Very bad and undesirable. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of stink) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stinking
1. stink [v] - See also: stink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinking
Literary usage of Stinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"The smell of the root is very disagreeable, and hence, in our district, the plant
gets tho name of stinking Tarn.' Bot. E. Bord., p. 52. ..."
2. The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat by Peter Tracy Dondlinger (1908)
"Loose Smut of Wheat differs from the stinking smut in these respects: At germination
its spores develop a chain of cells instead of an undivided tube; ..."
3. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"WA, and SWINGLE, WT Preliminary Experiments with Fungicides for stinking Smut of
... KELLERMAN, WA Second Report on Fungicides for stinking Smut of Wheat. ..."
4. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"BUNT, OR stinking SMUT OF WHEAT Tilletia fattens (B. & C.) Trel. ... KELLERMAN,
WA Second Report on Fungicides for stinking Smut of Wheat. Kan. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"A stinking little beast, that robs the hen roost and warren. Skinner calls him
the stinking ferret ; but he is much larger, at least as some pro* polecat is ..."
6. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"stinking SMUT.—stinking smut is closely allied to the loose smut of wheat, in
form and habit, although differing from it in the character and extent of its ..."