stank

[stangk] / stæŋk /

VERB

smell badly

Synonyms

STRONG

funk offend reek

WEAK

be offensive be rotten have an odor smell up stink to high heaven

Antonyms

WEAK

be excellent be good perfume

VERB

be lousy, bad

Synonyms

STRONGEST

smell

WEAK

be abhorrent be detestable be held in disrepute be no good be offensive be rotten have a bad name

Antonyms

WEAK

be excellent be good perfume

Example Sentences

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He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

It perpetually stank of sewage, even after she stuffed her shower drain with plastic bags.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Black singers get it: You’re practicing the art of stank.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

According to one account, the sulfurous stank emanating from the White House lawn polluted the air for about three-square miles.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023

There were dry bones everywhere amongst the marsh grasses, and the pools stank of centuries of decay.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye