stinking
Having a pungent smellHaving a pungent smell.
Meaning
4 sensesHaving a pungent smell.
stinkig
воню́чийvonjúčij, злово́нныйzlovónnyj, смра́дныйsmrádnyj
смердю́чийsmerdjúčyj, смо́ріднийsmóridnyj
Very bad and undesirable.
I have a stinking cold.
very bad
(slang)Very drunk.
(euphemistic)An intensifier, a hypallage.
We don’t need your stinking sympathy.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, fromFrom Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (“to stink”), equivalent to stink + -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).
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Forms
more stinking, most stinking| Comparative | more stinking Lesson |
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| Superlative | most stinking Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
14 synonymsWord family
23 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form