reek
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6.1
- noun
- /rik/
:
hedor
- The reek of spoiled food filled the kitchen, making it unbearable to stay in.
Examples
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The cool morning breeze brought him the reek of human waste well before he got to the site.
Fiction book (1998) -
The water was clear and free of the stale reek of shipboard water.
Fiction book (1997) -
All the halls within must be filled with his foul reek.
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The concentrated reek in the cesspool was an entirely different matter.
Fiction book (1993) -
A salt tide broke through Hornbeck's antiperspirant, and the high reek of the hot afternoon was on him.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Beautiful," Fred said, enveloped again in the persuasive reek of mortal danger.
Fiction book (1995) -
Yet even here the reek of the pyres fell back before the busier noisomeness of life.
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When Mrs. Firkin opened the door, she was hit with the chemical reek of scorched Teflon.
Fiction book (1990) -
The atmosphere is sodden with the bitter reek of hallway filth and broken plumbing.
Fiction book (1997) -
The cloying reek of this particular succubus, at any rate, didn't resemble brimstone in the slightest.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.1
A very bad smell that people dislike
80
3.5
A very bad strong smell that makes you feel sick
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9.9
A strong unpleasant body smell often coming from private parts
1
8.9
A strong unpleasant smell that people find offensive
1
9.9
A strong bad smell that often shows illness or decay
1
4.3
A strong unpleasant smell that makes people move away
A strong, very bad smell that makes people feel sick
Antonyms
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun reek comes from an old word reyk meaning 'smoke' and came to mean a strong, unpleasant smell. So a reek is a bad stench you can smell from a distance.