Associations to the word «Stinking»

Wiktionary

STINKING, adjective. Having a pungent smell.
STINKING, adjective. Very bad and undesirable.
STINKING, adjective. (euphemism) An intensifier, a minced oath.
STINKING, verb. Present participle of stink
STINKING, noun. The emission of a foul smell.
STINKING HAWKSBEARD, noun. The plant Crepis foetida.
STINKING ON ICE, verb. Present participle of stink on ice

Dictionary definition

STINKING, adjective. Very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world".
STINKING, adjective. Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats