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stank

stank

8 9.9
A strong unpleasant body smell often coming from private parts
  • noun
  • /stæŋk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : hedor
  • His breath stank of alcohol.
  • stank of sweat
  • stank of urine
  • stank of cigarettes

Gonna let your cousin get a hit of your stank.

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Examples

  • The air stank of stale cigarettes, damp wood, and sour bamboo matting.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The air stank of hot asphalt and bleeding grass.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The poorly kept street stank of refuse.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The whole joint stank of smoke, stale sweat, bad breath, broken promises.

  • The dark and lofty rooms he lived in stank of sweat and kerosene.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And the cabin stank of the resiny ganja they had stashed, along with the blow, under the cabin sole.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It soaked us both, and to my horror, it stank of sour milk and talcum powder.

  • His breath stank of tobacco juice and rotted teeth; the knuckles of both his hands were grotesquely swollen.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The room stank of garbage that had not been taken out for days.

  • After the party, the kitchen stank of spilled beer and leftover food.

Synonyms

stink
vsstank
111 1.1

A very bad smell that people dislike

is more specifically used for genitals or sexual odor
stench
vsstank
80 3.5

A very bad strong smell that makes you feel sick

is specifically tied to genitals or sexual context
skank
vsstank
  • Slang
4 9.9

A very smelly thing like rotten food or waste

is used when the smell is linked to genitals or sexual contact
foulness
vsstank
1 7.2

A strong, very bad smell from sewage or rotten garbage

is the same quality but tied to genitals or sexual smells
stinkiness
vsstank
1 4.3

A strong unpleasant smell that makes people move away

is that state when coming from genitals or sexual activity
mephitis
vsstank
9.9

A strong, very bad smell that makes people feel sick

is more narrowly linked to genitals or sexual contexts
yucky smell
vsstank
  • Informal
5.6

A strong, nasty smell like rotten food that makes you feel sick

is more narrowly associated with genitals or sexual situations
dank smell
vsstank
5.1

An unpleasant damp smell in places like basements or cellars

is used for smells specifically coming from genitals or sexual areas

Antonyms

15 1.0

The state of being new and clean, not stale or spoiled

Idioms

8.8

Smells strongly of alcohol

Compounds

stank-ass cheese
  • Offensive
9.9

A type of cheese with a very strong bad smell

How Smelly

stench
80 3.5
stank
  • NSFW
8 9.9
stink
111 1.1
odor
  • US
145 1.9

Surface Forms

stank singular
stanks plural

Etymology

Stank is the old past form of the verb stink, from an old word meaning 'to give off a bad smell'. So a stank is a strong, unpleasant smell, often a body or sexual smell that lingers.