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stank

verb as in smell badly

verb as in be lousy, bad

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"The sewage was overflowing and flowing directly into the river, and going into the children's playground. It stank in summertime," she said.

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The whole thing stank of “you can’t make this up,” because of course it was all completely made up of lies and exaggerations and the grand Trumpian tradition of me me me me me.

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He visited Los Angeles in 1926 and declared that “the whole place stank of orange blossoms.”

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And if the pitch stank, Borzello wouldn’t be afraid to say so.

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The rules stank, but the rules were the rules, and everyone knew them, and Bush allegedly broke them, and no shiny trophy is going to change that.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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