stinking

Universal Words adjective, adverb adjective 1 having a very strong, unpleasant smell: I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 2 [onlybeforenoun] (informal, especially BrE) very bad or unpleasant: I've got a stinking cold. 3 [onlybeforenoun] (BrE, informal) showing a lot of anger: I wrote them a stinking letter to complain. adverb (informal, usually disapproving) extremely: They must be stinking rich * When this is over we're going to go out and get stinking drunk.