What is another word for stinking?
338 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stˈɪŋkɪŋ], [ stˈɪŋkɪŋ], [ s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ɪ_ŋ]
The word stinking is often used to describe unpleasant smells or odors. Synonyms for this word include foul-smelling, malodorous, putrid, reeking, rank, and smelly. These words can be used interchangeably with stinking when describing unpleasant scents. Other possible synonyms for stinking include noxious, pungent, offensive, and unpleasant. These words can be used in various contexts when describing things that emit an unpleasant odor such as garbage, rotten food, or even body odor. It is important to choose the right synonym depending on the context and intensity of the unpleasant smell being described.
Table of Contents
Similar words for stinking:
- bad (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- fetid (adjective)
- noisome (adjective)
- odorous (adjective)
- pungent (adjective)
- rancid (adjective)
- sickening (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- yucky (adjective)
- abominable (adjective)
- awful (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- disgusting (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- lamentable (adjective)
- malodorous (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- noxious (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- offensive (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- smelly (adjective)
- stale (adjective)
- unsanitary (adjective)
- vile (adjective)
- smelling (verb)
Synonyms for Stinking:
-
adj.
• bad- bottom out ,
- cruddy ,
- godawful ,
- not good ,
- the pits ,
- junky ,
- most inferior ,
- poorer ,
- sad .
- Effluvial ,
- Stenchy ,
- malodorous ,
- miasmic ,
- putrid ,
- rank ,
- reeking ,
- stinkiest ,
- stinky ,
- sulfurous ,
- fusty ,
- stenchiest .
- Perfumatory ,
- Savorous ,
- Scentful ,
- effluvious ,
- odoriferant ,
- odoriferous ,
- olfactive ,
- olfactory ,
- perfumy ,
- skunky ,
- sweet-smelling ,
- tumaceous ,
- whiffy ,
- honeyed ,
- scent-laden ,
- sweet-scented .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- more cloying ,
- more satiating ,
- more sleazeball ,
- more surfeiting ,
- most satiating ,
- most sleazeball ,
- most surfeiting ,
- nerdier ,
- nerdiest ,
- objectionable ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- shameless ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest .
- egregious ,
- foul ,
- in famous ,
- more contaminated ,
- more pigpen ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- most contaminated ,
- most pigpen ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- mucky .
- god awful ,
- more god awful ,
- more god-awful ,
- more hurting ,
- most god awful ,
- most god-awful ,
- most hurting ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate .
- bummest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- soiled ,
- un appetizing ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un-appetizing ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- uncleanly ,
- unholy .
- dis likable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-likable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- heelest ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more dislikable ,
- more hateable ,
- most dislikable ,
- most hateable ,
- off color ,
- offcolor ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest .
- Perished ,
- Pustular ,
- bad smelling ,
- badsmelling ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrating ,
- fecal ,
- more bad smelling ,
- more bad-smelling ,
- more badsmelling ,
- more corroded ,
- more crumbled ,
- more disintegrated ,
- more disintegrating ,
- more fecal ,
- more festering ,
- more infected ,
- more moldering ,
- more overripe ,
- more perished ,
- more purulent ,
- more pustular ,
- more putrified ,
- more smelling ,
- most bad smelling ,
- most bad-smelling ,
- most badsmelling ,
- most corroded ,
- most crumbled ,
- most disintegrated ,
- most disintegrating ,
- most fecal ,
- most festering ,
- most infected ,
- most moldering ,
- most overripe ,
- most perished ,
- most purulent ,
- most pustular ,
- most putrified ,
- most smelling ,
- over ripe ,
- rotting ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
-
v.
• smelling Other synonyms:
- Boozed ,
- Reeky ,
- besotted ,
- bombed ,
- boozy ,
- crapulent ,
- crapulous ,
- crocked ,
- looped ,
- pickled ,
- plastered ,
- potted ,
- sloshed ,
- soused ,
- stewed ,
- stinko .
- high .
- tight .
- cockeyed ,
- intoxicated ,
- sodden .
- loaded .
- blind .
Other relevant words:
- Heeler ,
- Piller ,
- abominable ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- bad-smelling ,
- big mouth ,
- deplorable ,
- disgusting ,
- dislikable ,
- evil ,
- fetid ,
- foul-smelling ,
- god-awful ,
- grody ,
- hateable ,
- lamentable ,
- nasty ,
- nerdy ,
- noisome ,
- noxious ,
- obnoxious ,
- odorous ,
- over-ripe ,
- overripe ,
- pungent ,
- purulent ,
- putrified ,
- rotten ,
- scuzzy ,
- sickening ,
- sleazeball ,
- smelly ,
- stale ,
- stenchful ,
- strong ,
- strong-smelling ,
- unhygienic ,
- unsanitary ,
- unsavory ,
- vile ,
- yecchy ,
- zestless .
- crappy ,
- foetid ,
- icky ,
- ill-scented ,
- ill-smelling ,
- lousy ,
- shitty .
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
How to use "Stinking" in context?
From spoiling food to leaving a sweaty studio, there are many ways our body can let us know we're not at our best. But one common culprit? stinking. Whether it's a particularly bad case of the flu or simply taking a hard day at work, there are few things more frustrating than dealing with an unpleasant body odor. Here, we take a look at five of the worst body smells and how to get rid of them.
1. Bad body odor is often the result of bacteria breeding in sweat. To fight the bacteria, experts recommend taking steps to avoid sweating, like wearing a hat or using a topical product.
Word of the Day
thinkingly
- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
