stinky

1. 1.

   having an unpleasant smell

   Synonymsmalodorousmalodourousunpleasant-smellingill-smelling

   Similarbilgyfetidfustygameymiasmicniffyodoriferousputrid-smelling
2. 2.

   very bad

   “a lousy play”

   “it's a stinking world”

   Synonymsickycrappylousyrottenshittystinking

   Similarbad

   colloquialism

Other forms of stinky

comparative

stinkier·

superlative

stinkiest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stinky

What does stinky mean?

stinky means "having an unpleasant smell". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stinky?

stinky has 2 syllables: stin-ky. The stress falls on "stin". In IPA it is /ˈstɪŋki/.

What is another word for stinky?

Close synonyms include malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, icky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stinky a common word?

stinky is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.