as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
a stinky plant that attracts certain insects and then devours them
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Recent Examples of stinky
But over time, knife marks, stinky food odors, and a dry surface can render your wooden cutting board unusable.
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Staff Author, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
Liao estimated that the stinky tofu represented 10% to 20% of the restaurant's total revenue — making the decision to take it off the menu difficult.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Jenn Harris has a column about a battle over stinky tofu at Golden Leaf restaurant in San Gabriel.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Millions of dead red crabs, normally found further south, washed up on local shores, making a stinky mess.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
And finally, take really messy or stinky items straight to the outdoor trash can.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Sardines—the tiny, stinky fish your grandmother probably stocks in her pantry—are the newest beauty food.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Mar. 2026
The weevil’s young (grubs) eat the roots, turning them into a stinky, liquid mash.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Last summer, after years of complaints about the incinerator and deliveries of stinky sludge trucked in from dozens of other communities that sometimes amounted to 30 or more a day, the Woonsocket City Council took the first step to close it.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Staff Author, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
Liao estimated that the stinky tofu represented 10% to 20% of the restaurant's total revenue — making the decision to take it off the menu difficult.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Jenn Harris has a column about a battle over stinky tofu at Golden Leaf restaurant in San Gabriel.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Millions of dead red crabs, normally found further south, washed up on local shores, making a stinky mess.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
And finally, take really messy or stinky items straight to the outdoor trash can.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Sardines—the tiny, stinky fish your grandmother probably stocks in her pantry—are the newest beauty food.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Mar. 2026
The weevil’s young (grubs) eat the roots, turning them into a stinky, liquid mash.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Last summer, after years of complaints about the incinerator and deliveries of stinky sludge trucked in from dozens of other communities that sometimes amounted to 30 or more a day, the Woonsocket City Council took the first step to close it.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinky
Adjective
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Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Their solution to a stinking run was, comically, to rely on less than 23 per cent of possession and pick Madrid off with a classy volley from Martin Satriano, below.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This list will answer your questions about flying ones, venomous ones, really fast ones, and smelly ones.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Apollo astronauts occasionally had to deal with smelly situations, including some fecal matter that escaped the waste bag and floated through the capsule during Apollo 10 in 1969.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However, clearly the conditions are ripe for at least a partial resumption of shipping traffic.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The show is really ripe for online discourse; did any of the reactions to the book surprise you?—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Gladwin iris or roast-beef plant (Iris foetidissima) has malodorous foliage when crushed.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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However, these newer deodorants marketed as whole-body deodorants often do a good job at deodorizing the areas that create malodorous smells.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This was in itself disgusting but also came to represent the city’s problems.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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Living under an openly misogynistic president may have felt freakish in 2017, but by his second term, bigotry became yet another disgusting norm.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Shaw lined out to right field, Bregman popped out into foul territory and, after Ian Happ was intentionally walked, Seiya Suzuki also popped out in foul territory to end the game.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Playing first base, he was booed for dropping a foul pop-up, then made a catch on a similar ball.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kilitch Healthcare had serious quality lapses, in which the facility was filthy, employees were barefoot on the manufacturing floor and the company fraudulently passed products that failed sterility tests.—
C. Michael White,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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Common areas are often filthy, and increasingly populated by drug users.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Tired of the stale, fetid air looming over your apartment like a cloud?—
Brad Bourque,
Wired News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The evolutionary advantage of fetid roses was that their odor deterred animal herds that grazed in their habitat.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Stinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinky. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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