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Stink

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

to stink (stinks , stank, stunk, stinking )

  1. to smell bad
  2. to be bad or grossly inferior; to perform badly
    That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
  3. to give an impression of dishonesty or untruth
    Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

Translations

  • Catalan: fer pudor , pudir
  • Dutch: stinken
  • Finnish: haista
  • French: puer
  • Indonesian: berbau , amis , menyengat , menyengat hidung
  • Interlingua: puter
  • Japanese: 臭う (におう , niou), 臭い (くさい , kusai)
  • Romanian: pute
  • Spanish: apestar
  • Swedish: stinka

Noun

stink (stinks )

  1. a bad smell
  2. a complaint or objection
    If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.

Translations

  • Catalan: pudor , mala olor
  • Finnish: löyhkä , haju
  • French: puanteur , mauvaise odeur
  • German: gestank
  • Interlingua: fetor
  • Italian: puzzo
  • Portuguese: fedor
  • Romanian: miros urât
  • Spanish: hedor , mal olor
  • Swedish: stank (1)

Related Words

stinkbomb
"stink machine" (rare)

Swedish

Verb

stink

  1. Imperative of stinka


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