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Synonyms for reek

be redolent of

Synonyms

  • be redolent of
  • suggest
  • smack of
  • testify to
  • be characterized by
  • have all the hallmarks of
  • bear the stamp of
  • be permeated by
  • be suggestive or indicative of
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Synonyms for reek

to have or give off a foul odor

Synonyms

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Synonyms for reek

have an element suggestive (of something)

smell badly and offensively

Synonyms

Related Words

be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.

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Leah Reek, dad Jon, sister Molly, mum Jo and the family's dog Ted, pictured during happier times.
The statement read: "It is with great sadness to hear that Leah Reek is one of those missing following the incident.
Randy Reek has a long and successful career that spans business-to-business sales, management of the direct mail efforts of some of the largest mail order firms in the U.S., as well as ownership of his own successful mail-order company for 18 years.
The woman would reek of yesterday's liquor and you would try to stay several feet apart during conversation.
Inducing the common folk to pay for ambitious government programs that reek of sizzling bacon is a sales task that would daunt even a Mary Kay pink-Cadillac owner.
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Four of the people killed in the blast have been named as Shane Rajoobeer, 18, Sean Rajoobeer, 17, Leah Beth Reek, 18, who was Shane's girlfriend, and Viktorija Ljevleva, 22.
Summary: Hundreds of social activists, environmentalists and frustrated citizens joined together under the banner of a protest movement called "You Reek" Tuesday, blocking roads and demanding a sustainable resolution to the country's ongoing garbage crisis.
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Over 25,000 pilgrims are expected to climb the holy mountain today as part of the annual "Reek Sunday" pilgrimage.
But freeze those maudlin feelings and can the tearful obituaries, for the television desert the region's become must reek of opportunities to a whole new generation of TV creatives.
While most people hanker after the new car smell, the reality is that the vast majority of the 27 million cars on the road are more likely to reek of fish, vomit and stale milk - made even worse with the hot weather bringing out the worst in any decomposing food lurking under the driver's seat.
Office workers who reek of cigarette smoke are putting their reputation and career chances at risk, research claims.
They also couldn't be further from the domains we encounter in Ahtila's cinematic videos--real houses that reek of the past and echo the troubled personas of their occupants.