stink

v

1. reek, smell, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out.

2. be in disrepute, be in disgrace, have a bad name, have one's name be mud, have a blot on one's escutcheon or record, lose caste or face.

n

3. stench, fetor, malodor, rancidity, foul odor, strong or gamy smell, body odor, Inf. B.O.; halitosis, bad breath, mephitis, miasma, effluvium, fume, taint; fetidness, fetidity, malodorousness, smell-iness, stinkiness; gaminess, rancidness, putrescence, putrescency, putridness, putridity, rottenness; rankness, noisomeness. foulness.

4.Slang. fuss, to-do, commotion, hubbub, brouhaha, uproar, turmoil, disturbance, upset; scandal, crisis.