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
There is one absolute stinker of a Double Jeopardy! round, filled with incorrect guesses and clues when nobody even buzzes in.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Commanders at Cowboys, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET ► Reports have the Commanders playing everyone, which means Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin (even after that stinker), and Brian Robinson Jr. are must-starts.
—Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Those who did pay the price of admission to watch the Nets face the Utah Jazz witnessed quite a stinker.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Right as romantic comedies were curdling at the box office, Adams made one of the genre’s all-time stinkers.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Commanders at Cowboys, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET ► Reports have the Commanders playing everyone, which means Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin (even after that stinker), and Brian Robinson Jr. are must-starts.
—Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Those who did pay the price of admission to watch the Nets face the Utah Jazz witnessed quite a stinker.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Right as romantic comedies were curdling at the box office, Adams made one of the genre’s all-time stinkers.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinker
Noun
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On that note…being concise doesn’t mean being a total jerk either.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2025
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Rockwell's Officer Dixon, a mama’s boy with a screw loose and a history of torturing Black prisoners, is a target of her ire − that is, until the actor carefully adds layers to what could be a one-note jerk. 14.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The couple was seen taking a stroll on a N.Y.C. street with Bosworth's dog, Happy, on Tuesday.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
Peoplemag,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
Noun
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Robert Pattinson recalls lying on live TV about seeing clown die in car explosion as a kid: 'What on Earth?' Pattinson also surprised audiences at the convention, making an unannounced appearance alongside his director.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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These clowns dressed as presidents appear immature and narcissistic.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Cornell University’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health expert Jenny Bloodgood told NBC News that she’s seen a fox, a skunk, a possum and a bobcat test positive for the virus in New York State, indicating the bug could be mutating.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Medium-sized animals like skunks, bobcats and foxes also did not vanish.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Even the jokers, which do each have their own special ability, are quick to pick up — with their wildcard capabilities made easy to understand as they’re applied mid-round.—
Scott Robertson,
Rolling Stone,
24 Dec. 2024
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This lucky gambler had an 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king and a joker.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The music inspires its creatures, and vice versa — like the Altamaha-ha, a legendary water beast that hails from stories told around the Altamaha River in Georgia.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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At his peak, Bosa was a beast to keep out of opponents’ backfields.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After a roll call where each reveals their imminent reprisal of fan-favorite Dimension 20 characters — including a Staten Island divorcee, a wisecracking pizza rat, and a drug dealer still coping from a breakup — the game begins.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Grissom was a baseball rat, young and versatile, sure of himself on the field and a menace in the box.—
Chad Jennings,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Stinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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