stank
Gave off odor
Stank is the past tense of stink: The whole place stank of cigarettes.
In informal speech, stank also works as an adjective meaning foul-smelling or unpleasant: Get your stank feet off the couch.
The noun stank describes a bad smell or, in slang, a nasty attitude: She gave me nothing but stank.
Olfactory perception
- reekEmit strong odor
- funkDepression or groove music
- foulnessOffensive, corrupt quality
- fetorIntense, offensive odor
malodor · miasma · whiff · effluvium · noxiousness · rankness · mustiness · dampness
Organic breakdown process
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- spoilageFood degradation process
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
moldering · festering · rancidity · curdling · souring · garbage · sewage · carrion
Moisture from skin pores
- perspirationFluid from exertion
- muskAnimal-derived fragrance base
- armpitHollow under shoulder
- feetLower limbs' ends
gym · locker room · unwashed · hygiene · exertion · workout · humidity · bacteria
smell
Olfactory perception
fetor · malodor · miasma · whiff · effluvium · noxiousness · rankness · mustiness · dampness · staleness
rot
Organic breakdown process
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- spoilageFood degradation process
fermentation · moldering · festering · rancidity · curdling · souring · garbage · sewage · carrion · compost
sweat
Moisture from skin pores
- perspirationFluid from exertion
- muskAnimal-derived fragrance base
- armpitHollow under shoulder
feet · gym · locker room · unwashed · hygiene · exertion · workout · humidity · bacteria · glands
smelled
Sensed an odor
lingered · permeated · filled · saturated · hung · drifted · suffused · pervaded
attitude
Settled way of thinking
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
coldness · rudeness · nastiness · foulness · sourpuss · glare · side-eye · snark · grudge · bitterness
- old past tensesspake, begat, drave, clave, gat
- tackinesstackiness, gaudiness, garishness, tawdriness, trashiness
- Funkfunk, P-Funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, James Brown
- bathroom slangpee, poop, poo, potty, wee
- West Country dialectproper job, girt, scrumpy, tis, twas
- stank to high heavenSmelled extremely bad
- stank eyeDisapproving glare at someone
- stank upMade something smell bad