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adjective

Definition of reekingnext
as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell I would rather not be the one to wash your reeking gym clothes

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reeking

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verb

present participle of reek
as in smelling
to give off an extremely unpleasant smell those old sneakers reek something awful

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reeking
  1. stinking
  2. smelling
  3. ripe
  4. fetid
  5. malodorous
  6. foul
  7. smelly
  8. filthy
Adjective
  • This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
Definition of stinking
Verb
  • These stories inspired the medieval belief that smelling rosemary on Christmas Eve would bring a year of good luck, health, and happiness.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The sticky, putrid-smelling slime that coats its surface contains the mushroom’s spores.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of smelling
Adjective
  • The flavors were familiar and comfortable together and also representative of the shoulder between winter and spring when citrus is still ripe, but plants are starting to flower and herbs are new again.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • State of play: Health administrative tasks are ripe for AI interruption, with several startups raising funds this year.
    Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of ripe
Adjective
  • Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of fetid
Adjective
  • Each lawyer, then, in his or her own way, played a part in creating a caricature: Danny, the kid in a tough situation trying his best to do the right thing; Mr. Neely, that malodorous man with schizophrenia stoking passengers’ fears on the subway.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of malodorous
Adjective
  • After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell Around these parts, the usual response to a foul smell is a glance in the dog's direction.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were met with a bizarre and unwelcome arrival when a Russian spacecraft docked: a foul smell.
    Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of foul
Adjective
  • Some smelly cards will be mingled in with festive holiday mail this December, compliments of Citizens Energy.
    Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the seeds were black, mushy and smelly, but some appeared to be healthy.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of smelly
Adjective
  • My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Down and out in Tinseltown, where white glistening snow turns to filthy slush.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of filthy
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