STINKER Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

stinker

noun

ˈstiŋ-kər

Definition of stinker

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others some stinker nearly crashed his SUV into me because he was yakking on his cell phone

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Recent Examples of stinker All Alan seems to know how to do is a lil-stinker dance while making cheeky expressions, distilling the sketch comedian’s talents into an unnervingly tidy package. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026 The 2026 schedule also has some stinkers. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 25 May 2026 An unprecedented stinker of an outcome. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Game 3’s stinker was a team effort, in all the worst ways possible. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stinker

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Noun

Bella’s childhood friend Angus (Jake Simmance), a corporate jerk, condescendingly probes Johnny about his career.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
There was significant excitement over the first-look footage revealing perhaps the world’s biggest movie star transforming himself to become a portly, gray-haired jerk in an offbeat feature focusing on climate change.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerk

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Officials say the last animal confirmed to have rabies that wasn’t a bat was a skunk infected with the bat strain of rabies in Long Beach in 2014.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
And coyotes regulate populations of mesocarnivores like skunks and raccoons, helping support the survival of ground-nesting birds.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of skunk

Noun

The smart kids, the shy ones, the jokers and the loners — every one of them is caught in the pyroclastic flow of adolescence, every minute a negotiation between fitting in and standing out.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of joker

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