1. Smell badly and offensively
   "The building stinks of smoke";
   - reek, hum [Brit, informal]
    
2. [informal] Be inadequate or objectionable
   "this stinks!";
   - suck [informal], blow [informal]

1. A distinctive odour that is offensively unpleasant
   "a terrible stink saluted our nostrils";
   - malodor [US], malodour [Brit, Cdn], stench, reek, fetor, foetor [Brit], mephitis
    
2. [informal] An annoying or troublesome situation, disturbance, or difficulty
   "he didn't want to make a stink";
   - fuss, trouble, bother, hassle [informal], shindy [informal]

Derived forms: stinks, stank, stunk, stinking

See also: carry-on [Brit, informal], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], song and dance [Brit, informal], stink out, to-do [informal]

Type of: be, disturbance, exist, odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, perturbation, smell

Encyclopedia: Stink