stank up

Filled with odor

To stink up—to fill a space with an unpleasant smell: He stank up the whole bathroom.

The past tense *stank* has been repurposed as a present tense in casual speech, treating *stink* as if it conjugates like *drink/drank*.

Some speakers use *stank up* and *stunk up* interchangeably.

Related

dead fish · sewage · stench · body odor · must · funk · trash · miasma · mildew · spoiled milk · malodorous · deodorize · effluvium · sulfur · sweat · dirty laundry · embarrassment · pungency

Opposites
olfactory quality

stank upfreshened

Made clean or new

deodorized · perfumed · aired out · sweetened · scented

environmental effect

stank upcleaned up

Made neat or profited hugely

refreshed · improved · sanitized · purified · brightened up

Family

stank, stink, stunk, stinking, stinky, stinkier, stinkiest, stinker, stinks

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G