Dirty and Stinky

Dirty

Dirty adjective - Not clean.

Stinky and dirty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stinky" instead an adjective "Dirty".

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

Stinky

Stinky adjective - Having an unpleasant smell.
Usage example: a stinky plant that attracts certain insects and then devours them

Dirty and stinky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirty" instead an adjective "Stinky".

Nearby Words: stinking, stink, stinker

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Sherlock Holmes Holmes even makes a few quick references to it, when he says Lord Coward got his clothes dirty and stinky with shit in the sewers.
  • Music / Studio Killers No Fourth Wall One Woman Song: "Jenny" Only Sane Woman: Cherry seems to regard herself as this in comparison to her "crazy, dirty, stinky" animal bandmates.
  • Arson Murder And Jaywalking / Western Animation SpongeBob: (Strumming violently before slamming bassinet into floor) And Patrick is a dirty, stinky, rotten, friend STEALER!
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