reeking
ree king
- v have an element suggestive (of something)
- v smell badly and offensively
- v be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
- v give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
Marshes reeking in the sun - s wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
wiped his reeking neck - s giving off a strong unpleasant smell
- He was the Japanese national mind with all its paradoxesreeking savagery and sensitivity to beauty, frantic fanaticism and patient obedience to authority, brittle rituals and .
- Up down the ravaged Mississippi Valley last week, at least 48,000 refugees straggled back from the hills to homes and farms reeking with flood muck.
- A man reeking of sorghum liquor and rotten teeth sidles by, inspecting her.