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reeking

7.6

Wet with sweat or tears, often shining on the skin

adjective
/ˈriːkɪŋ/

: empapado

After the workout, his clothes were reeking with sweat.

Examples

She dabbed her reeking eyes with a tissue after the emotional movie.
The workers' reeking faces glistened under the harsh factory lights.
After his run in the summer heat, his shirt was reeking with sweat.
The reeking shirt was tossed aside.
After the intense workout, his shirt was reeking with sweat.
She wiped her reeking eyes with a clean tissue after crying at the sad movie.
The players returned to the locker room with their reeking faces glistening from exertion.

Synonyms

watery

vsreeking

22 1.0

Wet, often with small drops like sweat or tears

is wet specifically from body secretions rather than plain water

steamy

vsreeking

9 3.2

Full of steam or covered in mist

is wet from secreted fluids, not from heat or vapor

rheumy

vsreeking

9.9

Air that is damp and feels unpleasant

is wet because of body secretions such as sweat or tears

Antonyms

dry

791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Wet

soaking

1.0

reeking

7.6

wet

1 1.0

moist

105 1.0

damp

113 1.0

Surface Forms

reeking positive

Morphology

reeking = reek (semi-transparent) = reek + ing

Formed from 'reek' + '-ing' but the sense 'wet with secreted or exuded moisture' is a less common extension of the verb and may not be obvious to many learners.

Etymology

The word reeking in the sense 'wet with sweat or tears' comes from the same root reek, which could also mean 'steam' or 'smoke'. So you can picture skin or eyes almost 'steaming' with wetness, and that is why they are described as reeking.