Converse of object

• think: About the same proportion thinks the honors system stinks.

• cause: Don't succumb to the scourge Of the sexual urge, Or you'll cause a most terrible stink!

• raise: I would march down and raise a stink if my daughter was treated in such a manner.

• create: They create a stink that most of us don't want to inhale.

Adjective modifier

• whole: The whole thing stinks of a combined effort to thwart us at every turn.

• big: There's always the people who leave a big stink behind them... 4. Have you ever had a bad online transaction?

Modifies a noun

• bomb: Giant stink bomb Last week, police arrested nine men in south east England.

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: And there are loads of folk who think the Italian let-off absolutely stinks.

• badly: To me they are both the same, and stink just as badly.

• always: It's hard to understand him sometimes and he always stinks like rotten cheese.

• much: If the process stinks so much as you say, then why bother?

Preposition: of

• urine: I haven't had a wash for weeks and I stink of rat urine.

Noun used with modifier

• thing: The whole thing stinks of a combined effort to thwart us at every turn.