Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reek
Participle: reeked
Gerund: reeking
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | reek |
| you | reek |
| he;she;it | reeks |
| we | reek |
| you | reek |
| they | reek |
Perfect
| I | have reeked |
| you | have reeked |
| he;she;it | has reeked |
| we | have reeked |
| you | have reeked |
| they | have reeked |
Past
| I | reeked |
| you | reeked |
| he;she;it | reeked |
| we | reeked |
| you | reeked |
| they | reeked |
Pluperfect
| I | had reeked |
| you | had reeked |
| he;she;it | had reeked |
| we | had reeked |
| you | had reeked |
| they | had reeked |
Future
| I | will reek |
| you | will reek |
| he;she;it | will reek |
| we | will reek |
| you | will reek |
| they | will reek |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reeked |
| you | will have reeked |
| he;she;it | will have reeked |
| we | will have reeked |
| you | will have reeked |
| they | will have reeked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reek |
| you | reek |
| he;she;it | reek |
| we | reek |
| you | reek |
| they | reek |
Perfect
| I | have reeked |
| you | have reeked |
| he;she;it | have reeked |
| we | have reeked |
| you | have reeked |
| they | have reeked |
Imperfect
| I | reeked |
| you | reeked |
| he;she;it | reeked |
| we | reeked |
| you | reeked |
| they | reeked |
Pluperfect
| I | had reeked |
| you | had reeked |
| he;she;it | had reeked |
| we | had reeked |
| you | had reeked |
| they | had reeked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reek |
| you | would reek |
| he;she;it | would reek |
| we | would reek |
| you | would reek |
| they | would reek |
Perfect
| I | would have reeked |
| you | would have reeked |
| he;she;it | would have reeked |
| we | would have reeked |
| you | would have reeked |
| they | would have reeked |
Imperative
| you | reek |
| we | Let's reek |
| you | reek |
Verbs conjugated like 'reek'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reek'
eek,
geek,
greek,
keek,
meek,
peek,
reck,
ree,
reed,
reef,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to smell bad
- funk, honk, hum, niff, pong, smell, stink, stink to high heaven, whiff
Antonyms
- to smell bad
- defunkify, deodorize, destinkify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
rec (Anglian),
riec (W.Saxon), "smoke from burning material," probably from O.N.
reykr (cf.
Reykjavik, lit. "smoky bay"), from P.Gmc.
*raukiz (cf. O.Fris.
rek, M.Du.
rooc, O.H.G.
rouh, Ger.
Rauch "smoke, steam"), apparently not found outside Gmc. Sense of "stench" is attested 1659, via the notion of "that which rises." The verb is from O.E.
recan (Anglian),
reocan (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc.
*reukanan (cf. Ger.
rauchen "to smoke,"
riechen "to smell"). Originally "to emit smoke;" meaning "to emit a bad smell" is recorded from 1710.
2. From Middle English reken (“to smoke”), from Old English rēocan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rougi-. See above.
3. Related to Dutch ruiken, Low German rüken, German riechen, Danish ryge, Swedish ryka. See: Proto-Germanic '
*reukaną', Dutch '
ruiken', Low Saxon 'rüken', German, old spelling '
riechen', Danish '
ryge', Swedish '
ryka'.
Verbs referencing "reek"
German, old spelling
riechen, Danish
ryge, Luxembourgish
richen, Galician
arrecender.
Sample Sentences
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This is the place: these narrow ways, diverging to the right and left, and reeking everywhere with dirt and filth. Such lives as are led here, bear the same fruits here as elsewhere. The coarse and bloated faces at the doors, have counterparts at home, and all the wide world [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] we drew in sight of the first range of hills, which are the outposts of the Alleghany Mountains, the scenery, which had been uninteresting hitherto, became more bold and striking. The wet ground reeked and smoked, after the heavy fall of rain, and the croaking of the frogs (whose noise in these parts is almost incredible ) sounded as though a million of fairy teams with bells were travelling [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)