staleness

noun

Definition of stalenessnext
as in mustiness

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  1. stench
  2. funk
  3. reek
Noun
  • The brutally humid, sauna-like subway station platforms, the foul rotting sidewalk garbage stench that fills the air once temps hit 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and… sun damage in the form of hyperpigmentation.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Tide finally had cleansed the stench of October losses at Vanderbilt and Tennessee and could write their ticket to Atlanta.
    Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of stench
Noun
  • James Brown was the inventor of funk, and the form’s two mythical inheritor-innovators were Sly Stone and George Clinton.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The film is the untold story of influential pioneer of funk and his tumultuous journey to founding musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of funk
Noun
  • Trump’s transactional, unreliable foreign policy impulses and his proclivity to bow to Iran’s paymaster, Putin, all reek of weakness.
    Jared Moskowitz, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Black hocks from a buck that has rutted for weeks reek the best.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of reek
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