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stink

noun as in bad smell

Strongest match

verb as in smell bad

verb as in be lousy, bad

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This proves the old adage, “the fish stinks from the head down.”

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He stank of horses and left muddy boot prints on the floors that poor Svetlana had so recently scrubbed.

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True, there were traces of red powder scattered on the otherwise clean-swept dirt, and the stink was more foul than fowl.

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Just last month a massive stinking lump of wet wipes, fat and oil was removed from a west London sewer.

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Franchises across different leagues have been willing to pinch their noses and stink on the field in exchange for the promise of better draft capital and a brighter future.

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

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