stink
A strong bad smellA strong bad smell.
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Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A strong bad smell.
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воньvonʹ
(countable, informal, uncountable)A complaint or objection.
If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
She's made a big stink about me calling her "Miss", not "Ms".
- a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Examples
215 sentencesThe river is filthy and it stinks.
Річка брудна і смердить. — deniko
What stinks in here?
Чим тут смердить? — deniko
Do I stink?
Я смерджу? — deniko
ruОт меня воняет? — Wezzel
Tom's room stinks.
У Тома в кімнаті смердить. — deniko
deBei Tom im Zimmer stinkt’s. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It stinks in here.
Тут смердить. — deniko
ruТут воняет. — Wezel
deEs stinkt hier drin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, froFrom Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).
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Forms
plural: stinksSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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