stunk

Was really awful

Stunk is the past tense and past participle of stink.

Something stunk if it smelled bad: The garbage stunk up the whole kitchen.

Figuratively, something that stunk was of poor quality or morally offensive: His excuse stunk, The whole deal stunk of corruption.

smell

reek

Emit strong odor

rankness · fetidness · noisomeness · miasma · acrid · pungent · sulfurous · rotten · foul · nauseating

decay

rot

Organic breakdown process

mold · fermentation · rancid · sour · curdled · festering · compost · carrion · rotting flesh · bad eggs

failure

bombed

Failed spectacularly, utterly

botched · bungled · blew it · fell flat · disappointing · terrible · awful · disastrous · fiasco · debacle

disgust

revulsion

Intense physical disgust

wincing · grimacing · recoiling · repulsed · sickened · nauseated · stomach-turning · off-putting · gross · vile

Categories
Opposites
olfactory quality

stunkperfumed

Treated with fragrance

scented · aromatic · fragrant · sweet-smelling · redolent

quality/performance

stunkexcelled

Performed exceptionally well

shone · rocked · killed it · nailed it · crushed it

Phrases
Family

stink, stinking, stench, stinks, stinker, stank, stinkbug, stinkhorn

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G