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1. stink
verb. ['ˈstɪŋk'] be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Stink
- interlink
- rethink
- swink
- spink
- smink
- shrink
- schlink
- schinke
- plink
- krinke
- klinke
- klink
- klinck
- frink
- flink
- drink
- clink
- brink
- blink
- zinke
- zink
- zinck
- zinc
- wink
- vink
- think
- sync
- sink
- rinke
- rink
Sentences with stink
1. Noun, singular or mass
While it might seem the same, your cat reserves his special stink for the spray.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
However, the bad news is they definitely live up to their name: They stink.
3. Verb, base form
Make sure you immediately dispose of the vacuum bag as it is likely to stink.
Quotes about stink
1. HarlemWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode?
- Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems
2. The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink.
- Walter Mosley
3. But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.
- Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
2. stink
noun. ['ˈstɪŋk'] a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
Synonyms
Etymology
- stincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))