reekverb [ I ]
uk/riːk/us/riːk/informalto have a strong unpleasant smell:
Her breath reeked of garlic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Smells & smelling
- acrid
- aroma
- beery
- bouquet
- cheesy
- foetid
- fragrance
- frowsty
- odour
- putrid
- scratch-and-sniff
- smell somewhere out
- smell sth/sb out
- smelly
- sniff sth/sb out
- sour
- stagnant
- stinky
- waft
- woody
See more results »
reek
noun [ S ] ukus
The room was filled with the reek of stale beer.
Phrasal verb(s)
reek of sth