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stink

noun as in bad smell

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verb as in smell bad

verb as in be lousy, bad

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“He’s never made a stink in a headline about being disgruntled,” Conger said.

Not even the stuck-up sire in charge of the local fair wants her stink to rub off on the livestock.

From Salon

Expensive furniture has been broken or thrown out of the window, fancy decorations ripped out, every page of a Quran torn, and it stinks of rotten leftover food.

From BBC

I lost my sense of smell a few days ago, but even I can tell you that stinks.

"It was a rainy day. It wasn't very hot out," he said, explaining that the fortuitous weather helped to "keep the stink down".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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