stink
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- stink derivation
- malodorous derivation
- miasmic derivation
Sense 2 verb
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
This term paper stinks!
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- stinker derivation
Sense 3 verb
smell badly and offensively
The building reeks of smoke
Types & categories
- smell hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malodorous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | miasmic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | niff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | stink up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | malodor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |