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stinking (adj.)

late 14c., earlier stinkend, from Old English stincende; present-participle adjective from stink (v.). Modifying drunk, first attested 1887; stinking rich dates from 1956.

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Definitions of stinking from WordNet

stinking (adj.)
very bad;
it's a stinking world
Synonyms: icky / crappy / lousy / rotten / shitty / stinky
stinking (adj.)
offensively malodorous;
Synonyms: fetid / foetid / foul / foul-smelling / funky / noisome / smelly / ill-scented
From wordnet.princeton.edu