Some common synonyms of stinking are fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, noisome, putrid, and rank.
adjectiveill-smelling; corrupt. fetid. foul. malodorous. pungent.
Informal. mean-spirited; nasty.
Fetid likewise describes “an offensive smell” without adding much detail about how it smells; in the same way, mephitic – usually used for gases or air – means “foul-smelling” or “offensive to the smell,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
having an offensive rancid odor. reeking. giving off a strong unpleasant smell. rancid, sour. smelling of fermentation or staleness.
Wispy, rancid, airy, musty, stale, fresh, putrid, faint, light, floral, and acrid are all adjectives that could pertain to smell.
This isn't a very common phrase, but if your partner calls you their “stink,” it's sort of a sweet nickname, like “babe,” “love,” or, “sweetheart.” There's a slight hint of teasing with “stink” that isn't there with other nicknames, but it's almost always meant in good fun.
“Explain you have a sensitive matter to discuss. I'd downplay the problem to help them feel less embarrassed. Be honest and kind but also be direct, don't try and tackle the problem by means of well intended hints. Ask them what may be causing the odour and how you can help.
If you want to be direct, you can do so in a few different ways. You could simply tell them directly to their face, which is okay if there are no other bystanders or friends around to judge and make jokes. Another way to tell them directly would be to send a simple text message.
Dragon breath. Yuck mouth. Stank breath. These are some of the (believe it or not) kinder nicknames for chronic bad breath (or halitosis).
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).
Etymology. From Middle English smellen, smillen, smyllen, smullen, from Old English *smyllan, *smiellan (“to smell, emit fumes”), from Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (“to glow, burn, smoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *smel- (“to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”).
Scottish Word: Streek.
When you're attracted to someone, you're more likely to be drawn to their smell.” Some say that we release pheromones (oxytocin), also referred to as “love hormones,” when there's an attraction — causing one to be drawn to someone's smell, she explains.
Some people think their partner smells so good because of pheromones, which are chemicals that act like hormones outside of the body, influencing others' behavior, Dr. Navya Mysore, M.D., a provider at One Medical. In animals, pheromones signal that it's time to mate, or warn that an enemy is approaching.
(informal) [ˈstɪŋkɪ ] adjective. apestoso ⧫ maloliente.
Antonyms: fragrant. pleasant-smelling. aromatic, redolent. having a strong pleasant odor. odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling.
Tell the opposite sex person that “You smell good,” That means you are flirting, you want to sniff more about her or his body, a hint of sexual desire of you.
But why do people want to smell the thing? The reaction is usually the same: the anticipation, the tentative sniff, then the classic scrunched-up face of disgust. And yet everyone seems happy to be there. It turns out there's a name for this: benign masochism.
stank (not comparable) (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
James Edison "Stink" Moody (born 1994) is Judy Moody's younger brother and the secondary protagonist of the series, as well as the main protagonist of the Stink series.
Halitosis is a term coined from the merger of the Latin halitus (breath) and Greek osis (pathological process) to describe a condition that meant an unpleasant odor from the mouth or "bad breath," as we commonly call it.