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• reek — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vapor, fumes, odor; stench, stink, malodor, fetor, miasma. v. stink, smell; give off, exude; sweat, perspire. See malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stench, stink, smell; see smell 2 . v. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• reek — n 1. stink, stench, fetor, fetidness, odor, mal odor, mephitis; body odor, Sl. B.O., halitosis, bad breath. 2. vapor, effluvium, steam, exhaust, fume, mist, fog, cloud. v 3. stink, smell, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• stink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stench, fetor, offensive odor; see smell 2 . v. Syn. smell bad, emit a stench, reek, smell, smell to high heaven, be offensive, make an offensive odor …   English dictionary for students

• smell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scent; stink; sniff, snuff, inhale; detect, nose out. See odor, malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pleasant smell] Syn. fragrance, odor, scent, perfume, exhalation, redolence, essence, aroma,… …   English dictionary for students

• stink — 1. verb 1) his clothes stank of sweat Syn: reek, smell (foul/bad/disgusting), stink/smell to high heaven 2) informal the idea stinks Syn: be very unpleasant, be abhorrent, be despicable, be contemptible, be disgusting, be vile …   Thesaurus of popular words

• malodorousness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad smell Nouns 1. malodorousness, malodor, fetor, fetidness, bad smell, funk, fust, smelliness, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, effluvium, rankness, goatishness, goatiness, mephitis, miasma, mustiness …   English dictionary for students

• smell — v 1. scent, nose, get a whiff of, sniff, snuff; inhale, breathe in. 2. perceive, detect, discern; intuit, sense, feel, suspect. 3. reek, stink, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. n 4. olfaction,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• stink — v 1. reek, smell, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. 2. be in disrepute, be in disgrace, have a bad name, have one s name be mud, have a blot on one s escutcheon or record, lose caste or face. n 3.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• turn — v 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic. trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• smell — [n] odor aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff; concepts 590,599 smell [v1] perceive with the nose breathe, detect, discover, find, get a… …   New thesaurus

• stink — [n] bad smell fetor, foulness, foul odor, malodor, noisomeness, offensive smell, stench; concepts 599,600 Ant. perfume, sweetness stink [v1] smell badly be offensive, be rotten, funk*, have an odor, offend, reek*, smell up, stink to high heaven*; …   New thesaurus