Synonyms for stinking
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Noisome
noisome formal, fetid, malodorous, smelly, putrid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, offensive, mawkish, whiffy informal, niffy informal UK, vile, loathsome, sickening, polluted, odious, nauseous, ill-scented dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a pungent smell.
- adj. 2
Very bad and undesirable.
Related words
Example sentences
- smelly I had to use a dirty, smelly gas station bathroom.
- putrid A putrid smell came up out of the hole in the ground.
- fetid The fetid smell came from the dead rat in the corner.
- stinky Mosquitoes are actually attracted to stinky feet.
- whiff He had a whiff at my fart and fanned it back to me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stinking | rising | |
| smelly | rising | |
| putrid | rising | |
| fetid | rising | |
| malodorous | steady | |
| stinky | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, bum1
- 4 letters
- foul1, vile1, icky
- 5 letters
- drunk1, plain1, funky2, lousy2, whiff1, boozy2, fetid2, niffy
- 6 letters
- living2, loaded2, rotten2, stoned1, smelly2, stinky2, potted2, odious3, putrid2, stewed1, screwy2, whiffy
- 7 letters
- smashed1, muddled2, maudlin2, mawkish2, noisome
- 8 letters
- polluted3, nauseous2, besotted3
- 9 letters
- offensive3, disguised2, sickening3, plastered2, loathsome2, pixilated
- 10 letters
- inebriated5, malodorous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funky2 = 2 syllables).