Synonyms for reeking

Most common

smoky · fumy · steaming · watery · redolent · malodorous · vaporous

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Totally stinking.

Example sentences

• smoky The room was so smoky that I could hardly breathe.
• steaming They chatted animatedly over cups of steaming tea.
• watery It was watery soup spiced with pepper and rancid oil.
• redolent It was redolent of the early days of the Internet.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bad¹

4 letters

fumy

5 letters

smoky²

6 letters

watery³

7 letters

smoking²

8 letters

steaming², redolent³, vaporous

10 letters

malodorous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (smoky² = 2 syllables).