stinking
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stink·ing
(stĭng′kĭng)adj.
1. Having a foul smell; fetid.
2. Slang Drunk; intoxicated.
adv. Slang
Used as an intensive: stinking rich.
stink′ing·ly adv.
stink′ing·ness n.
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stinking
(ˈstɪŋkɪŋ)adj
1. having a foul smell
2. informal unpleasant or disgusting
3. (postpositive) slang very drunk
adv
informal (intensifier, expressing contempt for the person referred to): stinking rich.
ˈstinkingly adv
ˈstinkingness n
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stink•ing
(ˈstɪŋ kɪŋ)adj.
1. foul-smelling.
2. Slang. very drunk; plastered.
3. contemptible; disgusting.
adv. 4. completely or extremely.
[before 1000]
stink′ing•ly, adv.
stink′ing•ness, n.
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Adj. 1. stinking - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
2. stinking - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
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stinking
adjective
1. (Informal) rotten, disgusting, unpleasant, vile, contemptible, shitty (taboo slang), wretched I had a stinking cold.
2. foul-smelling, smelly, reeking, fetid, malodorous, noisome, whiffy (Brit. slang), pongy (Brit. informal), mephitic, ill-smelling, niffy (Brit. slang), olid They were locked up in a stinking cell.
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stinking
adjective1. Having an unpleasant odor:
Informal: smelly.
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stinking
[ˈstɪŋkɪŋ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stinking
adj
(lit) → stinkend
(inf) → beschissen (inf); you can keep your stinking money! → du kannst dein Scheißgeld behalten! (inf); I’ve got a stinking cold → ich habe eine Mordserkältung
adv (inf) stinking rich (Brit) → stinkreich (inf)
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stinking
[ˈstɪŋkɪŋ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995