You reek of alcohol.
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Reek
//riːk//
Synonyms for "reek" (160 found)
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Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
give outgive vent tograveolencehalitosishazehumhydrogenatelavaleachlet outlixiviatemalariamephitismiasmamistnidornoxious stenchodoroffend the nostrilsoffensive odor
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oozeopen the floodgatesopen the sluicesoxygenatepercolateperfumepuffpuff of smokereekingrotten smellscoriaseepsend outslagsmacksmellsmell badsmell ofsmell to heavensmell upsmokesmudgesmutsootspraysteamstenchstench of decaystinkstink outstink upstrainsublimatesublimesullagethrow offtranspiretransudevaporvaporizevolatilevolatilizewater vaporweepyield an odor
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118 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَتَانَة noun (unpleasant smell)
Belarusian
2 entries- вонь noun (unpleasant smell)
- смуро́д noun (unpleasant smell)
Bulgarian
4 entries- во́ня noun (unpleasant smell)
- изпарение noun (vapor)
- смрад noun (unpleasant smell)
- воня verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Catalan
1 entries- pudor noun (unpleasant smell)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 惡臭 /恶臭 noun (unpleasant smell)
- 腐臭 noun (unpleasant smell)
- 臭 noun (unpleasant smell)
- 臭氣 /臭气 noun (unpleasant smell)
Czech
4 entries- smrad noun (unpleasant smell)
- zápach noun (unpleasant smell)
- páchnout verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- smrdět verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Dutch
4 entries- damp noun (vapor)
- stank noun (unpleasant smell)
- ruiken naar verb (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
- stinken verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Finnish
4 entries- lemu noun (unpleasant smell)
- löyhkä noun (unpleasant smell)
- haiskahtaa verb (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
- lemuta verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
French
4 entries- puanteur noun (unpleasant smell)
- empester verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- fouetter verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- puer verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Galician
4 entries- baldura noun (vapor)
- bravú noun (unpleasant smell)
- burruallo noun (unpleasant smell)
- cheirume noun (unpleasant smell)
German
3 entries- Dampf noun (vapor)
- Gestank noun (unpleasant smell)
- stinken verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Italian
4 entries- fetore noun (unpleasant smell)
- puzza noun (unpleasant smell)
- tanfo noun (unpleasant smell)
- puzzare verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Japanese
4 entries- 悪臭 noun (unpleasant smell)
- 臭い noun (unpleasant smell)
- 臭味 noun (unpleasant smell)
- 臭気 noun (unpleasant smell)
Latin
3 entries- foetor noun (unpleasant smell)
- paedor noun (unpleasant smell)
- foeteō verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Macedonian
3 entries- реа noun (unpleasant smell)
- смрад noun (unpleasant smell)
- смрдеа noun (unpleasant smell)
Norwegian
1 entries- stinke verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Polish
2 entries- fetor noun (unpleasant smell)
- smród noun (unpleasant smell)
Portuguese
4 entries- catinga noun (unpleasant smell)
- fedor noun (unpleasant smell)
- vapor noun (vapor)
- cheirar verb (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
Russian
4 entries- вонь noun (unpleasant smell)
- злово́ние noun (unpleasant smell)
- смрад noun (unpleasant smell)
- воня́ть verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smrad noun (unpleasant smell)
- vonj noun (unpleasant smell)
- воњ noun (unpleasant smell)
- смрад noun (unpleasant smell)
Sicilian
4 entries- attassanari verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- fètiri verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- nfittari verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- sbummicari verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Slovak
2 entries- smrad noun (unpleasant smell)
- zápach noun (unpleasant smell)
Slovene
2 entries- smrad noun (unpleasant smell)
- vonj noun (unpleasant smell)
Spanish
4 entries- emanación noun (vapor)
- fetidez noun (unpleasant smell)
- hedor noun (unpleasant smell)
- peste noun (unpleasant smell)
Swedish
4 entries- odör noun (unpleasant smell)
- stank noun (unpleasant smell)
- ångor noun (vapor)
- stinka verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
Turkish
4 entries- buhar noun (vapor)
- koku noun (unpleasant smell)
- kokmak verb (to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell)
- kokmak verb (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вонь noun (unpleasant smell)
- па́ра noun (vapor)
- сморі́д noun (unpleasant smell)
- па́хнути verb (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Tell me something interesting about garlic because you reek of it.
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Those socks reek.
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Tom was unrecognisable: he was clean-shaven, had a decent haircut, wore a tailored suit with polished shoes, didn't reek of sweat, but instead wore a scent, and he behaved in a very gentlemanly way, especially towards Mary.
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