stunk up

Filled with stench

To stink up a place is to fill it with a bad smell: The fish stunk up the whole kitchen.

The phrase extends to ruining something through poor performance: He really stunk up the joint with that comedy set.

Stunk up is the past tense form, though stank up also appears.

Related

dead fish · mold · sour · sewage · rank · putrid · fumes · gas leak · foul · decay · funk · manure · rancid · stench · locker room · trash · mildew · musk

Opposites
olfactory quality

stunk upfreshened

Made clean or new

deodorized · perfumed · aired out · cleaned up · sweetened

performance quality

stunk upkilled it

Performed exceptionally well

nailed it · crushed it · lit up · elevated · rocked

Family

stunk, stink, stank, stinking, stinker, stinky, stinks, upping

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