as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
I would rather not be the one to wash your reeking gym clothes
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Adjective
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019 -
Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
Verb
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Deep in the forest, the air whips by cold and fast and smelling of redwoods.—
Nick Czap,
Robb Report,
26 Dec. 2024
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Especially when that includes boarding a Christmastime caboose brimming with holiday decor, smelling hot cocoa wafting through the cars, and enjoying plenty of picturesque views.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Once ripe, they can be consumed in various dishes, like salads and guacamole, or on their own.—
Elizabeth Barnes,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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The table above suggests that the conditions are ripe for another price crash, albeit perhaps a fender-bender.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Only one of them has a fetish for the fetid stink of porta potties, but the other one has their weird kinks too.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.—
Colleen Long,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Public stations were expensive to maintain and quickly became dirty and malodorous.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Jan. 2025
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Come for Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb, sweaty and malodorous and razor-sharp; stay for some of the best-structured storytelling on television.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Seminoles clobbered Nick Robert’s pitches early in the game; center fielder Max Williams laced a line-drive homer just inside the right-field foul pole to put FSU up 2-0 in the first inning.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of ad-libbing, Watson’s Residence co-star Ken Marino — who is a comedian — didn’t do any of that playing the President’s foul-mouthed chief adviser Harry Hollinger.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Usually, a smelly refrigerator is caused by specific foods inside it and how they're stored.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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Before, the engine room was a noisy, smelly space below deck.—
Chun-Lien Su,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2019
Adjective
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Chicagoans will have no one to hold accountable at the ballot box when the buses don’t arrive and rail stations are filthy and crime-ridden.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The plastic waste China received was filthy, much of it too dirty to be cleaned, shredded, and turned into new plastic.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Reeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reeking. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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