"stinks" in the noun sense

1. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

"stinks" in the verb sense

1. stink

be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance

"This term paper stinks!"

2. reek, stink

smell badly and offensively

"The building reeks of smoke"

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