1. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "only a stinker would do that";
   - rotter [Brit, informal], dirty dog [informal], rat [informal], skunk [informal], stinkpot [N. Amer, informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], crumb [N. Amer, informal], lowlife [informal], so-and-so [informal], git [Brit, informal], scumbag [informal], swine [informal], scuzz [N. Amer, informal], sod [Brit, informal], sleazeball [informal], scuzzbucket [N. Amer, informal], sleazebag [informal], scuzzball [N. Amer, informal], sleazebucket [informal], slimebag [informal], slimeball [informal], toad [informal], dirtbag [US, informal], toerag [Brit, informal], scuzzbag [N. Amer, informal], ratbag [Brit, informal]
    
2. Anything that gives off an offensive odour (especially a cheap cigar)
   "He lit up a stinker, filling the room with acrid smoke"
    
3. An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
   "He regretted buying the used car, which turned out to be a real stinker";
   - lemon [informal]
    
4. Something difficult or very challenging
   "That exam was a real stinker"

Derived forms: stinkers

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], disagreeable person, thing, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Stinker