Synonyms for stinking
ˈstɪŋ kɪŋstink·ing

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1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective

   very bad

   "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

   Synonyms:
   noisome, icky, lousy, malodorous, filthy, smelly, crappy, fetid, ill-smelling, malodourous, ill-scented, foetid, foul, rotten, unpleasant-smelling, stinky, decayed, dirty, rotted, gooey, shitty, foul-smelling, funky

   Antonyms:
   good, fragrant

2. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scentedadjective

   offensively malodorous

   "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, lousy, repellent, sickening, dirty, distasteful, offensive, cruddy, ill-scented, foetid, vile, low-down, disgustful, crappy, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), rotten, foul-smelling, loathsome, icky, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, funky, smutty, stinky, repelling, loathly, shitty, fouled, queasy, repellant

   Antonyms:
   good, fragrant

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1. stinkingadjective

   Synonyms:
   fetid, malodorous, offensive, noisome, ill-smelling

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1. List of paraphrases for "stinking":

   stinky, smelly, stink, dirty

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1. Theodore Dreiser, quoting an unnamed newspaper editor:

   Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.

2. Quentin Crisp:

   Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

3. Kim Forrest:

   The whole sector had low expectations coming into earnings and for good reasons, the stock market was stinking up the place and analysts assumed consumers were too.

4. Jeb Bush:

   I can't see without glasses, i'm not going to take off my stinking glasses.

5. Kim Forrest:

   The stock market was stinking up the place and analysts assumed consumers were too.