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Stinking

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Similar meaning 2

Bad 84% connected

Bade.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Bad 84% connected

Bade.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Scent 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scent 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Fetid 92% connected

Having an offensive smell; stinking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Foul 92% connected

A bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Funky 92% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lousy 92% connected

Infested with lice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Noisome 92% connected

Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rotten 92% connected

Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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