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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
  • Keep them all at bay with an air purifier that keeps things clean and smelling good in the home.
    Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • With weather models predicting a wind shift, there is a high likelihood that people across metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine, the agency said.
    Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of smelling
Adjective
  • Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The owner of Zone 9 Farms doesn’t have a traditional stand full of big ripe fruits and vegetables.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ripe
Adjective
  • Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The city’s shimmering wealth and fetid corruption leap from the page; so, too, does music’s transcendent, radiant power.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of fetid
Adjective
  • Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Its leaves release a malodorous smell when trod upon and so served as a strewing herb.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
Definition of malodorous
Adjective
  • The foul odors subsided when the facility closed in 2014, but a decade later, the infrastructure sits as a 47-acre blighted industrial property on the edge of the Santa Cruz River.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Plants and flowers that are starting to wilt need to be tossed immediately so the foul odor doesn't stand a chance of taking over your home.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of foul
Adjective
  • Having Poor Hygiene No one wants to sit next to a smelly, dirty passenger.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Rockdale County officials today plan to lift a shelter-in-place recommendation prompted by the smelly, hazy plume emitting from a pool chemical company in Conyers.
    Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of smelly
Adjective
  • Keepin’ Tabs Hey speaking of Google, the company also announced some good news for all of us filthy browser tab hoarders.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
  • At the same time, this is a movie about a woman who begins craving raw meat, grows a few extra nipples, and wakes up every morning filthy from running around in the dirt all night.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of filthy
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