stink
stink is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
- 2.To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
- 3.A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. Fire stink. See under Fire. -- Stink-fire lance. See under Lance. -- Stink rat (Zoöl.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] -- Stink shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] Stink trap, a stench trap. See under Stench.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrid
- acridity
- assafoetida
- astringency
- astringent
- bad
- bite
- biting
- bitter
- empyreuma
- empyreumatic
- fetid
- fetor
- fitchet
- fitchew
- foul
- foulness
- frouzy
- fulsome
- fungus
- fusty
- garlic
- gas
- harsh
- have
- high
- like
- malodor
- mephitic
- mustiness
- musty
- nidorous
- noisome
- odor
- offensive
- olid
- olidous
- peccary
- polecat
- putrid
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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