stinking rich
idiom
informal + often disapproving
: extremely rich : having so much money that one's wealth is disgusting or offensive
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Every single character in the show — as well as the cast of hangers-on — was filthy, stinking rich.
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Vulture, 30 May 2023
So, if these stocks are mega-growth stories, why isn’t every shareholder filthy, stinking rich?
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Oh, a buddy kind of show, instead of this slightly twisted, slightly tongue-in-cheek, slightly over-the-top comedy about these two women who were stinking rich.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 20 June 2021
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Vulture, 30 May 2023
So, if these stocks are mega-growth stories, why isn’t every shareholder filthy, stinking rich?
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Oh, a buddy kind of show, instead of this slightly twisted, slightly tongue-in-cheek, slightly over-the-top comedy about these two women who were stinking rich.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 20 June 2021
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“Stinking rich.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stinking%20rich. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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