reeking
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a very strong and unpleasant smell: Describes something that emits a powerful, often offensive odor.
- Wet with secreted moisture: Describes something that is dripping or soaked with sweat, tears, or other bodily fluids.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Strong Smell):
- The reeking garbage bin needed to be taken out immediately.
- After the game, the locker room was reeking of sweat and damp towels.
- Adjective (Wet with Moisture):
- He wiped his reeking brow after the long run.
- The reeking cloth was used to mop up the spill.
Advanced Usage
- "Reeking of": This is the most common construction, used to specify the source or nature of the strong smell.
- The room was reeking of cigarette smoke.
- His apology reeked of insincerity. (Figurative use: strongly suggests an unpleasant quality)
- "Reeking with": Less common, but can be used similarly to "reeking of," especially for figurative meanings or to emphasize being full of something unpleasant.
- The deal reeked with corruption.
Variants and Related Words
- Reek (verb): To smell very strongly and unpleasantly.
- Your shoes reek! Please take them off.
- Reek (noun): A strong, unpleasant smell.
- A reek of decay came from the old cellar.
Synonyms
- Stinking: Having a strong, bad smell.
- Foul-smelling: Having a disgusting odor.
- Malodorous: Formal term for having a bad smell.
- Rank: Having a strong, unpleasant smell, often from decay.
- Sodden: Soaked through (for the "wet" meaning).
Related Phrases
- To reek havoc: This is a common misspelling. The correct phrase is "to wreak havoc," meaning to cause great damage or chaos.
Adjective
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giving off a strong unpleasant smell
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wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
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wiped his reeking neck
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