Reeking
['rikiŋ]
Definition
(adj.) giving off a strong unpleasant smell .
(adj.) wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; 'wiped his reeking neck' .
Typist: Pearl--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reek
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Smoking, steaming.
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Examples
- And then he left the hot reeking room in the borough court, and went out into the fresher, but still sultry street. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And the first thing that occurred was the infliction on us of a placard fairly reeking with wretched English. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The streets of Magdala are any where from three to six feet wide, and reeking with uncleanliness. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He made this valley, so quiet now, a reeking slaughter-pen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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