different between disgusting vs stinking

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s???st??/
• Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing

Adjective

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

   Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant

   • 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald

     But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

Translations

Verb

disgusting

1. present participle of disgust

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwan? (“to stink”), equivalent to stink +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).

Adjective

stinking (comparative more stinking, superlative most stinking)

1. Having a pungent smell.
2. Very bad and undesirable.

3. (euphemistic) An intensifier, a hypallage.

Translations

Verb

stinking

1. present participle of stink

Etymology 2

From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink +? -ing.

Noun

stinking (plural stinkings)

1. The emission of a foul smell.

Middle English

Noun

stinking

1. Alternative form of stynkynge