skunky
Like stale lager
Skunky describes a smell resembling skunk spray—sharp, sulfurous, and unpleasant.
Beer that's been exposed to light develops a skunky off-flavor from chemical breakdown: This lager's gone skunky.
Cannabis often carries a skunky odor, and certain strains are prized for it.
More loosely, skunky can mean suspicious or underhanded: Something skunky is going on here.
Dispersed liquid droplets
- muskAnimal-derived fragrance base
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- reekEmit strong odor
- foulOffensive or illegal
pungent · acrid · rank · malodorous · fetid · noxious · stinking · offensive
Spoiled by light exposure
- hopsBittering agent for ale
- lagerCold-conditioned beer
- pilsnerCrisp, golden Czech-style brew
- craftSkilled manual art
ale · draught · bottle · imported · corona · off-flavor · spoiled · stale
spray
Dispersed liquid droplets
foul · pungent · acrid · rank · malodorous · fetid · noxious · stinking · offensive · penetrating
lightstruck
Spoiled by light exposure
craft · ale · draught · bottle · imported · corona · off-flavor · spoiled · stale · oxidized
marijuana
Psychoactive hemp plant
dank · chronic · bud · herb · reefer · indica · sativa · hybrid · kush · loud
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- vileExtremely unpleasant or bad
gross · nasty · putrid · rotten · offensive · foul · loathsome · repellent · obnoxious · sickening
- smellsmell, scent, odor, reek, aroma
- taste and smelltaste, smell, flavor, gustation, olfaction
- scent wordsfragrant, aromatic, pungent, musty, musky
- spoiledrotten, rotted, rotting, spoiled, spoiling
- Stinksbody odor, rotten eggs, sewage, garbage smell, fart
- off-flavorsrancid, spoiled, sour, rotten, skunkiness
skunkyfragrant
Emitting pleasant smell
sweet-smelling · aromatic · perfumed · fresh · floral
- drunk as a skunkExtremely intoxicated, rhymingly
- skunk sprayNoxious animal secretion
- skunk worksCovert internal innovation unit
- skunk cabbageFoul-smelling marsh perennial
- skunk at a garden partyDisruptive presence among polite company
- spotted skunkMottled mustelid with defensive spray