stink in American Englishoften (stɪŋk) (verb stank or stunk, stunk, stinking) intransitive verb. 1. to emit a strong offensive smell. 2.
to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
Smelled is the past tense of smell in both North American and British English. Smelt is also used as the past tense of smell in British English.
stink in British English
(stɪŋk ) noun. a strong foul smell; stench. slang.
stench (n.) Old English stenc "a smell, odor, scent, fragrance" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (source also of Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank).
Synonyms of stink (noun bad smell) stench. fetor. foulness. malodor.
(UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
Essentially, stink refers to the present, while stank expresses that something was smelly.
British spelling has "odour" as correct. American spelling has "odor" as correct.
The World's Favorite Scent Is Vanilla, According to Science.
Flavor and flavour are both English terms. Flavor is predominantly used in ?? American (US) English ( en-US ) while flavour is predominantly used in ?? British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) ( en-GB ). In the United States, there is a preference for "flavor" over "flavour" (98 to 2).
"Pookie is a common euphemism to describe something cute. It is also often used as a pet name or as a term of endearment for one's significant other."
big stink. A major scandal or furor. For example, If they don't improve the women's facilities, Marjorie will make a big stink about it. [ Early 1800s]
stink pretty (uncountable) (US, slang) Perfume.
Stink bugs feed on many plants, including native and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, weeds, and many cultivated crops. They can do a lot of damage to vegetable and flower gardens. Stink bugs get their common name from the foul-smelling fluids they exude when disturbed.
Stank and stunk are both used to indicate the past tense of the word stink. Even though stink can be conjugated to explain present, future, and past tense, stank and stunk are acceptable conjugations as well. Use stank in a simple past form as it requires no helping verbs to explain what was stinky.
'Stank' is the simple past tense, whereas, 'stunk' is the past participle form of the verb. Look below: He stank terribly the first time I saw him. These mummies have stunk for years.
In British slang in the 1930s, wet insulted someone considered weak, whiny, or foolish.
Bloke. Just like the quintessentially American dude, bloke is the stereotypical way of referring to a British man.
Bloke. This widely used British slang terms is not only common in the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. The American equivalent of “bloke” would be “guy” or “dude”, which is simply another word for “man”. My classmate, Jim, is a really nice bloke. / Did you see a bloke wearing a red jacket ...
synonyms for offensive smell
On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to offensive smell, such as: stench, fetor, foulness, malodor, noisomeness, and foul odor.
Halitosis is a fancy way to say "bad breath." A dentist or doctor is probably most likely to use the word halitosis, although it often comes up in mouthwash commercials too.
Antonyms: fragrant. pleasant-smelling. aromatic, redolent. having a strong pleasant odor. odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling.