stinking

[US]/'stɪŋkɪŋ/
[UK]/'stɪŋkɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. emitting a foul odor, extremely drunk, unpleasant

Example Sentences

she is obviously stinking rich.

he was locked in a stinking cell.

I want to get stinking drunk and forget.

He doesn’t need to work for a living—he’s stinking rich.

Milk white smoke was stinking thinly and smokily as rolling up in puffs from the nattierblue flames.

Real-world Examples

You got mosquitoes, sweaty people on the trains stinking it up. It's just nasty!

Source: Obama's speech

What is stinking, what is that smell?

Source: Environment and Science

" And who in seven stinking hells are you" ?

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

So are you filthy rich or stinking rich?

Source: the chair

Lyla was so, so stinking cute.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

Scalp is stinking up the kitchen.

Source: Our Day Season 2

His own stinking skin meant more to him than your whole family.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Fresh out of hibernation, it seems they can't resist this pile of stinking salmon.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

" The Sorting Hat chose you for Gryffindor, didn't it? And where's Malfoy? In stinking Slytherin."

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Hey, nurse Ratched, there's a dead guy stinking up room 4125. Do something before he rots.

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

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