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: to give off or become permeated with a strong or offensive odor. a room reeking of incense. b. : to give a strong impression of some constituent quality or feature. a neighborhood that reeks of poverty. 3. : emanate. transitive verb. 1. : to subject to the action of smoke or vapor. 2.
reek. noun [ S ] informal uk / riːk / us / riːk /. a strong unpleasant smell: The room was filled with the reek of stale beer. The warm air was scented with the heady reek of diesel oil from the bus. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Reek most commonly means to give off a strong, unpleasant odor, as in Your socks reek, dude. Wreak means to inflict or carry out something, especially something harmful—it’s most commonly used in the phrase wreak havoc , meaning to cause chaos or destruction or both.
[intransitive] reek (of something) (disapproving) to make you think that something unpleasant, wrong or dishonest is involved in a situation. Her denials reeked of hypocrisy.
verb. smell badly and offensively. “The building reeks of smoke”. synonyms: stink. see more. noun. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, stench, stink. see more.
1. (intransitive) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink. 2. (intransitive; often foll by of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of) the letter reeks of subservience. 3. (transitive) to treat with smoke; fumigate. 4. (transitive) mainly dialect.
To emit or exude (vapor, fumes, etc.) Webster's New World. To be permeated with anything very unpleasant. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (2) Synonyms: smell. smack. stink. fume. emanate. vent. vapor. stench.
to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive. to give off steam, smoke, etc. to be wet with sweat, blood, etc. v.t. to give off; emit; exude. to expose to or treat with smoke.
Definition of reek noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
REEK meaning: 1 : to have a very strong and unpleasant smell often + of; 2 : used to say that it is very obvious that someone or something has a lot of a specified thing usually + of.
