verb

1. To have a strong bad smell.

2. To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

   “That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.”

3. To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

   “Something stinks about the politician's excuses.”

Synonyms: blow, suck, fishy, pong, reek

adjective

1. Having a pungent smell.

2. Very bad and undesirable.

   “Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.”

3. An intensifier, a minced oath.

   “We don’t need your stinking sympathy.”