suck

informal + sometimes impolite
as in to smell
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

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Recent Examples of suck And in a world telling you to suck it up, be tough, not complain, and not cry, ever? Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 Every red and blue photon gets sucked into a plant for photosynthesis, just the green ones ricocheting through the understory to form a kind of therapeutic light bath. Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Get this deal, before it gets sucked away! PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Having been run out of the movie theater for entry without payment and refusing to go back to his abusive home, a 12-year-old boy (Miles Ekhardt) sucks fiercely on his emotional support pacifier while trying to hitchhike his way out of town. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suck
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smell
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  • Your body gets hunger signals from seeing and smelling food.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The cafeteria smelled the same.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Suck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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