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stink

noun as in bad smell

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verb as in smell bad

verb as in be lousy, bad

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“It kind of stunk that we lost. But I knew it was the last time I was going to put on a uniform. I was privileged to wear it for as long as I did.”

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Two Indian researchers decided this wasn't just about stink - it was about science.

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“He’s never made a stink in a headline about being disgruntled,” Conger said.

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Not even the stuck-up sire in charge of the local fair wants her stink to rub off on the livestock.

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Expensive furniture has been broken or thrown out of the window, fancy decorations ripped out, every page of a Quran torn, and it stinks of rotten leftover food.

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

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