stinkin
8.2
Very bad or annoying, said to show strong dislike
- adjective
- /ˈstɪŋkɪn/
- Informal
:
malo
- That was a stinkin' bad movie; I can't believe I wasted my time on it.
Examples
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Get these stinkin' bodies out of here!
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I can't stand the stinkin' smell coming from the garbage can.
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'Cause you been stinkin' up the calls all day!
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Besides, we don't want 'em stinkin' up the place.
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Listen, she doesn't know you well enough to appreciate your stinky gym bod, OK?
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When he's nice, he's very, very nice, and when he's not, he's stinkin'.
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It's stinkin' frustrating when people don’t follow the rules.
Synonyms
26
3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
is used mainly to express strong dislike or annoyance rather than quality
7
5.3
Very bad or unpleasant
is a general informal term for strong dislike or annoyance
9.9
Very drunk or very unpleasant
focuses on being very bad or annoying rather than intoxication
Antonyms
How Bad
Surface Forms
stinkin positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word stinkin grew from stink ('smell bad') into a slang way to call something very bad or annoying, because if something 'stinks' people dislike it. So saying stinkin is a quick, informal way to show strong dislike.