Synonyms for stinky
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
What is that stinky smell?
- adj. 2
Bad, undesirable.
Related words
- Word family
- stinkily stinkiness
- Phrases
- stinky bean stinky pinky
Example sentences
- rank He was raised to the rank of colonel two years ago.
- smelly I had to use a dirty, smelly gas station bathroom.
- rotten There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
- stinking The car is stinking. Have you been sleeping in it?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stinky | rising | |
| rank | steady | |
| smelly | rising | |
| malodorous | steady | |
| rotten | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rank1, icky
- 5 letters
- lousy2, fetid2, gamey, niffy
- 6 letters
- shitty2, rotten2, crappy2, smelly2, whiffy
- 7 letters
- buckish
- 8 letters
- stinking2
- 10 letters
- malodorous
- 11 letters
- malodourous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).