sucks

verb

present tense third-person singular of suck, informal + sometimes impolite
as in smells
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

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Recent Examples of sucks Our latest reminder of just how much everything sucks right now comes from BMW (by way of @metav3rse on Instagram). — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026 Though wildfires are often associated with the West Coast’s dry summers, climate change is putting more and more places at risk of wildfires as increasingly hot air sucks moisture from forests. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026 The intense sun, heat and aridity sucks the moisture out of everything — skin, leaves, soil, etc. — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Not the layoffs, the mergers, the rampant unemployment, and the fear that comes with it — all of that and more unreservedly sucks. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 9 July 2026 Which is why Rhaenyra stumbling during her first days on the job really sucks as a Team Black truther. — The Editors, Vulture, 3 July 2026 Spoiled by their success A wide-open primary for governor without a debate sucks the suspense out of the room. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 My hearing still sucks, but that’s part of life. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026 My hearing still sucks, but that's part of life. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
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smells
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  • Fadal brought up her own phantom smells during a recent podcast conversation with Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist who’s written about and conducted research on this symptom.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The pungent smells of pot smoke and someone else’s urine compete with the dank smell of the canal.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of smells

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