as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
some stinker nearly crashed his SUV into me because he was yakking on his cell phone
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Recent Examples of stinker
Despite being just 3-5-1 and coming off a Monday Night Football stinker, the Cowboys decided to go all in and revamp the defense heading into their Week 10 bye.
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Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
During the monologue, Fox flubbed a stinker of a joke about his latest film, the buddy cop comedy The Hard Way.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2025
Maybe that opening-game stinker at Florida State was the best thing to happen to this team.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
None come close to reaching the heights of Wan’s vision, but there are a few gems and a few real stinkers in the bunch.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
During the monologue, Fox flubbed a stinker of a joke about his latest film, the buddy cop comedy The Hard Way.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2025
Maybe that opening-game stinker at Florida State was the best thing to happen to this team.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
None come close to reaching the heights of Wan’s vision, but there are a few gems and a few real stinkers in the bunch.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinker
Noun
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For those with less-briny palates, a fine jerk chicken and a number of steak cuts are also available.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mike’s older sister, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), is our entry point to Hawkins High; a pretty striver, she’s recently been distracted from academics by a fling with popular jerk Steve Harrington (Joe Keery).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And, the dog attacked again after the owner failed to secure the dog in a separate room.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Another 24 dogs were found emaciated inside, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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Thiols are responsible for the distinctive aromas of skunk spray and ripe durian; they’re also added to natural gas to provide a detectable rotten-egg smell at even trace levels.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Some owls will hunt the wildlife that raids our garbage cans, like skunks and opossums.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2026
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The 166-piece set includes 36 dot, bam, and crack tiles, 12 dragons, 16 winds, 16 flowers, 10 jokers, and four blank spare tiles made from melamine.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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So Porter is now the guy the State Police have supposedly doing a deep dive on the clowns, grifters and assorted gender-bending jokers that Maura Healey hands six-figure hack sinecures to — judicial nominees, college presidents, the heads of the veterans’ homes, etc.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Nov. 2025
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“Stinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinker. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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