stinking
English
/ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Having a pungent smell.
- Very bad and undesirable.
- (euphemism)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stynkynge inherited from Old English stincende inherited from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (stinking), *stinkwaną (stink) affix from English stink.
Origin
English
stink
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astink English
- destink English
- firestink English
- outstink English
- stink English
- stinkard English
- stinkbag English
- stinkbait English
- stinkball English
- stinkbird English
- stinkbomb English
- stinkbug English
- stinkbush English
- stinkdamp English
- stinker English
- stinkest English
- stinketh English
- stinkfest English
- stinkhole English
- stinkhorn English
- stinkhouse English
- stinkingly English
- stinkingness English
- stinkless English
- stinko English
- stinkometer English
- stinkpot English
- stinksome English
- stinkstone English
- stinkweed English
- stinkwood English
- stinkwort English
- stinky English
- unstink English
- *stengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *stinkwandz Proto-Germanic
- *stinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- stinka Swedish
- stincan Old English
- stincende Old English
- stinken, stynken Middle English
- stynken Middle English
- stynkynge Middle English
- støkkva Old Norse
- stökkva Icelandic
- stinkan Old High German
- 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- stincan Old Dutch
- stinkan Old Saxon
- stink
- stinky
- astink
- stinko
- destink
- stinker
- unstink
- stinkbug
- stinketh
- stinkard
- stinkest
- stinkbag
- stinkpot
- outstink
- stinkhole
- stinkbush
- stinkbomb
- stinkball
- stinkdamp
- stinkbait
- stinkhorn
- stinkless
- stinkweed
- stinkwood
- firestink
- stinksome
- stinkbird
- stinkwort
- stinkfest
- stinkstone
- stinkingly
- stinkhouse
- stinkometer
- stinkingness