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Reeking

adjective

Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears. Synonym: watery.

Giving off a strong unpleasant smell.

Reek

verb

(past & past part. reeked; pres. part. reeking)

Have an element suggestive (of something). Synonyms: smack, smell. "This passage smells of plagiarism"

Smell badly and offensively. Synonym: stink.

Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. Synonym: fume.

Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..

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"Reeking" Quotes from Famous Books

... have shared, for adventures of the fascinating kind described in the New Arabian Nights led me on a few evenings into some shady haunts in Soho and farther eastward; but was finally quenched one sultry Saturday night after an hour's immersion in the reeking atmosphere of a low music-hall in Ratcliffe Highway, where I sat next a portly female who suffered from the heat, and at frequent intervals refreshed herself and an infant from a ...

— Riddle of the Sands • Erskine Childers

... glossy skin, and dripping mane, And reeling limbs, and reeking flank, The wild steed's sinewy nerves still strain ...

— The Sea Lions - The Lost Sealers • James Fenimore Cooper

... lead to the great temple of Kwannon the Merciful, there are always wonderful images to be seen—figures that seem alive, though made of wood only— figures illustrating the ancient legends of Japan. And there you may see Endo standing: in his right hand the reeking sword; in his left the head of a beautiful woman. The face of the woman you may forget soon, because it is only beautiful. But the face of Endo you will not forget, because ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan • Lafcadio Hearn

... have your horse again; but I will just put the blanket over him, for he is all of a reeking sweat. It will just show George, when he comes up, that I don't mean him any harm. I hope his ...

— Try Again - or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks • Oliver Optic

... furnace of foul-reeking smoke, Let not the jealous Day behold that face Which underneath thy black all-hiding cloak Immodesty lies martyr'd with disgrace! Keep still possession of thy gloomy place, That all the faults which in thy reign are made May likewise ...

— The Rape of Lucrece • William Shakespeare [Clark edition]

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