stunk

past participle of stink
1
as in reeked
to give off an extremely unpleasant smell the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again

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as in sucked
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory their team really stinks this year

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“Stunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunk. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

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