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stinky¹

  • /ˈstɪŋki/

Sounds like Stinky · Rhymes with -ɪŋki

Where it comes from

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), Low German stinkig (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich. Compare also Saterland Frisian stjunkerch (“stinky”), West Frisian stjonkerich (“stinky”).

adjective stinkier · more stinky · stinkiest · most stinky · stimky · stonky

  1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking. What is that stinky smell?
  2. informal Bad, undesirable. 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, 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.”

noun stinkies · stimky · stonky

  1. childish A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

    Similar: boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap, crud, danna, dejection

Stinky²

  • /ˈstɪŋki/

Sounds like stinky · Rhymes with -ɪŋki

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Ukrainian Стінки (Stinky). Related to Ukrainian сті́нка (stínka, “wall, side”)

proper noun

  1. A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. A village in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rotten, crappy, shitty, icky, lousy, bad, smelly, pissant, dirty, little, ungrateful, admit, your, stenchy, foul-smelling, stanky

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adj having a strong, unpleasant smell

Españolhediondo, fétido, apestoso, maloliente, jediondo
한국어냄새나는 naemsae-naneun, 지독한 jidok-han
日本語臭い kusai
中文臭 chòu
Portuguêsfedorento, fedido, malcheiroso, morrinhento, catinguento, fétido
Françaispuant, fétide, malodorant
Deutschstinkend, stinkig
Italianopuzzolente, puzzoso, fetido, fedente
Românăîmpuțit
Русскийвоню́чий vonjúčij, злово́нный zlovónnyj
Tiếng Việthôi, thối, thúi
العربيةنَتِن natin, مُنْتِن muntin

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@misc{stinky_2026,
  title = {stinky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stinky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}