stinker
Real bad egg
A stinker is something or someone that stinks—literally or figuratively.
A bad movie is a stinker.
A difficult problem is a stinker.
The word often carries affection when applied to misbehaving children or pets: You little stinker, you ate all the cookies.
A real stinker of a day is memorably awful.
Emit strong odor
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- foulOffensive or illegal
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- rankPosition in hierarchy
fetid · noisome · pungent · rotten · spoiled · decaying · sulfurous · skunky
Failed device or effort
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
disaster · failure · disappointment · letdown · clunker · bust · misfire · washout
Abrupt pulling motion
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- louseWingless biting parasite
- ratRodent or informer
- skunkSpray-armed striped mammal
heel · cad · scoundrel · lowlife · sleazeball · snake · weasel · toad
Mischievous young person
- impMinor mischief-making devil
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- mischief-makerOne who causes trouble
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
prankster · rapscallion · scalawag · devil · monkey · tyke · pickle · brat
reek
Emit strong odor
rank · fetid · noisome · pungent · rotten · spoiled · decaying · sulfurous · skunky · fishy
dud
Failed device or effort
debacle · disaster · failure · disappointment · letdown · clunker · bust · misfire · washout · box-office
jerk
Abrupt pulling motion
skunk · heel · cad · scoundrel · lowlife · sleazeball · snake · weasel · toad · wretch
scamp
Mischievous young person
- impMinor mischief-making devil
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- mischief-makerOne who causes trouble
troublemaker · prankster · rapscallion · scalawag · devil · monkey · tyke · pickle · brat · minx
- box officebox office, gross, worldwide gross, opening weekend, ticket sales
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- teasing insultsdoofus, goofball, dork, dweeb, goober
- Famous Failuresflop, bomb, dud, turkey, lemon
- bathroombathtub, bathroom, restroom, lavatory, faucet
- that stinksExpression of disappointment
- stink bombDevice releasing noxious odor
- stink eyeHostile sideways glance
- big stinkLoud public outcry
- stink upMake somewhere smell bad
- stink to high heavenSmell extremely bad
stink, stinking, stinky, stinks, stinkers, stinkbug, stinkhorn, stinkpot