STANK Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈstaŋk

Definition of stank

British dialect

as in puddle

a small often deep body of water the Scottish innkeeper advised swimming in the nearby stank only if the prospect of hypothermia seemed appealing

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verb

variants or stunk

past tense of stink

as in reeked

to give off an extremely unpleasant smell the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again

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as in sucked

to be objectionable or unsatisfactory their team really stinks this year

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ruled
rocked

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Recent Examples of stank

Verb

Nikola Jokic stunk in Game 3 on Thursday in Minneapolis. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026 And after a decade without postseason play in town, few fans have been brave enough to suggest the team should have intentionally stunk again instead. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Younger players either watched or didn’t improve as the Raiders stunk on ice. — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026 Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this. — Greg Cote january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stank

Noun

When rain puddles and settles around a house, or worse, in the basement, don’t wait.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026
Rain leaves behind standing water in puddles and containers, which female mosquitoes use to lay eggs.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of puddle

Verb

The main barn had collapsed, the lodge reeked of pack rats, garter snakes had claimed another building, and one of the cabins was leaning downhill.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
The Mystic of my childhood, though, had a modicum of edge — kids with anarchy symbols on their jackets skateboarded outside a coffee shop that reeked of weed, and locals got rowdy at a dysfunctional watering hole called the Draw Bridge Inne.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026

Definition of reeked

Noun

That’s a little bit like what the pool party at Carmella’s house is like too.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
But his record of publicly interacting with Piker — including at a pool party just before the primary — remains a sore point among some Michigan Democrats.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of pool

Verb

Officers initially smelled the odor of unburnt cannabis during the stop, according to police, and Mark Stephens handed them an open container of weed.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Xcel crews told fire officials that a nearby business had used a cleaning solution that smelled like propane gas.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

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