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Meaning of astink | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Stinking.

not-comparable

Examples

“The earth between and beyond the lines Ravaged and sown with steel And churned with blood And astink with decaying men,”
“And the doctor’s Jezebel come running from her lustful bed, still astink with sin and fear.”
“[…] the Rector ordered that his room should be cleaned and all the poisons he kept there taken away. Six weeks later it was all astink again.”
“Their fish camp down the Yukon can be discouraging, too—a dirty, fetid, lightless cabin astink in aging salmon.”
“Penny […] emptied her chamber pot on the rutting pairs. Astink and horrified, the girls complained,”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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