stinker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
noun anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
noun an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory

From stink + -er.

“By God, if it isn’t ‘the Stinker’!” he cried. — The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
—Give us one of your prime stinkers, Terry, says Joe. — Ulysses, James Joyce
The Slabberts was striking a match of the fizzling, spluttering, Swedish-made non-safety kind, known to W. Keyse and his circle by the familiar abbreviation of "stinkers." — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git

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