Meaning of astink | Babel Free
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
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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