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Definition of Stinking

1. Adjective. Very bad. "It's a stinking world"

2. Adjective. Offensively malodorous. "The kitchen smelled really funky"

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

stinkbugs stinkbush stinkbushes stinker stinkeroo stinkeroos stinkers stinketh stinkhorn stinkhorns

stinkier stinkiest stinkily stinkin' stinkiness stinking (current term) stinking bean trefoil stinking cedar stinking chamomile stinking clover

stinking elder stinking gladwyn stinking goosefoot stinking hellebore stinking horehound stinking iris stinking mayweed stinking nightshade stinking on ice stinking smut

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 ..."

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