stinky

English

Alternative forms

• stonky (jocular or sarcastic)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink +‎ -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪŋki/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋki

Adjective

stinky (comparative stinkier or more stinky, superlative stinkiest or most stinky)

1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
2. (informal) Bad, undesirable.
   • 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan,^[2] Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37,

     […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.

     “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”

   • 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove,^[3] HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151,

     “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”

     “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.

   • 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known,^[4] AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172,

     The binky drifted up and far away,

     To the man in the moon, I heard them say;

     A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

Derived terms

• stinkily
• stinkiness

Translations

having a strong, unpleasant smell

• Arabic: نَتِن (natin), مُنْتِن (muntin)
• Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臭 (zh) (chòu)

• Dutch: stinkend (nl)
• Esperanto: malbonodora, odoraĉa, fetora, haladza
• Finnish: haiseva (fi)
• French: puant (fr) m, fétide (fr), malodorant (fr) m
• Galician: cheirento (gl) m, fedorento m
• German: stinkend (de), stinkig
• Hungarian: büdös (hu)
• Italian: puzzolente (it) m or f, puzzoso m, fetido (it) m, fedente
• Japanese: 臭い (ja) (くさい, kusai)
• Kapampangan: mabuluk
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• Korean: 냄새나는 (naemsae-naneun), 지독한 (jidok-han)
• Polish: śmierdzący (pl) m
• Portuguese: fedorento (pt), fedido (pt), malcheiroso (pt) m, morrinhento (pt) m, catinguento m, fétido (pt) m
• Romanian: împuțit (ro)
• Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), злово́нный (ru) (zlovónnyj)
• Spanish: hediondo (es), fétido (es), apestoso m, maloliente (es) m or f
• Swedish: stinkande (sv)
• Tagalog: mabaho
• Thai: เหม็น (th) (měn)
• Vietnamese: hôi (vi), thối (vi), thúi (vi)
• Volapük: lusmelik