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Word entry · 6 letters

stinky

Best crossword clue

"Smelling bad"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɪŋki/Part of speech adjectiveSorted iknstyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having an unpleasant smell

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • What is that stinky smell?
  • 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.

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