stink to high heaven (English, verb)
expansion: stink to high heaven (third-person singular simple present stinks to high heaven, present participle stinking to high heaven, simple past stank to high heaven or stunk to high heaven, past participle stunk to high heaven)
Senses:
glosses: To have a very strong and unpleasant smell.
tags: derogatory
slang
glosses: Of a person or situation: to be highly ethically dubious; also, of a person: to be very incompetent.
tags: derogatory
figuratively
slang
Forms:
form: stinks to high heaven
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stinking to high heaven
tags: participle
present
form: stank to high heaven
tags: past
form: stunk to high heaven
tags: past
form: stunk to high heaven
tags: participle
past