What does reeking mean?
Reeking means present participle and gerund of reek.
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/ˈɹiːkɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of reek.
The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.
Use reeking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reeking means present participle and gerund of reek.
Common synonyms include wet, malodorous, watery, dripping.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.
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