astink
astink adjective: stinking.
Adjective
astink (not comparable)
- Stinking.
- The earth between and beyond the lines
Ravaged and sown with steel
And churned with blood
And astink with decaying men,1920, F. S. Flint, “Hats”, in Ira Dilworth, editor, Twentieth Century Verse: An Anthology, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, published 1945, page 162 - And the doctor’s Jezebel come running from her lustful bed, still astink with sin and fear.1932, William Faulkner, chapter 16, in Light in August, New York: Random House
- The earth between and beyond the lines
Examples of astink in a sentence
- Six weeks later it was all astink again.1950, Louis De Wohl, The Quiet Light, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Book 3, Chapter 15, p. 239:
- Their fish camp down the Yukon can be discouraging, too—a dirty, fetid, lightless cabin astink in aging salmon.1977, John McPhee, Coming into the Country, New York: Bantam, Book 3, p. 386:
- Astink and horrified, the girls complained,2006, Ben Ehrenreich, chapter 2, in The Suitors,, New York: Counterpoint, page 13:
Origin of astink
From a- + stink.
Questions about astink
- What does astink mean?
- Astink means stinking.
- How do you use astink in a sentence?
- Six weeks later it was all astink again.
- What part of speech is astink?
- Astink is an adjective.
Words near astink in the dictionary
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