stinky

English

Alternative forms

stonky (jocular or sarcastic)

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink +‎ -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɪŋki/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪŋki

Adjective

stinky (comparative stinkier or more stinky, superlative stinkiest or most stinky)

Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
What's that stinky smell?
(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.”
- 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151,
  “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”
  “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
- 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172,
  The binky drifted up and far away,
  To the man in the moon, I heard them say;
  A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

Derived terms

stinkily
stinkiness

Translations

having a strong, unpleasant smell

Arabic: نَتِن‎ (natin), مُنْتِن‎ (muntin)
Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haθıq)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臭 (zh) (chòu)
Dutch: stinkend (nl)
Esperanto: malbonodora, odoraĉa, fetora, haladza
Finnish: haiseva (fi)
French: puant (fr) m, fétide (fr), malodorant (fr) m
Galician: cheirento (gl) m, fedorento m
German: stinkend (de), stinkig
Hungarian: büdös (hu)
Italian: puzzolente (it) m or f, puzzoso m, fetido (it) m, fedente
Japanese: 臭い (ja) (くさい, kusai)
Kapampangan: mabuluk
Korean: 냄새나는 (naemsae-naneun), 지독한 (jidok-han)
Latin: fetore
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Polish: śmierdzący (pl) m
Portuguese: fedorento (pt), fedido (pt), malcheiroso (pt) m, morrinhento (pt) m, catinguento m, fétido (pt) m
Romanian: împuțit (ro)
Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), злово́нный (ru) (zlovónnyj)
Spanish: hediondo (es), fétido (es), apestoso, maloliente (es)
Swedish: stinkande (sv)
Tagalog: mabaho
Thai: เหม็น (th) (měn)
Vietnamese: hôi (vi), thối (vi), thúi (vi)
Volapük: lusmelik

Noun

stinky (plural stinkies)

(childish) a bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces