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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clammy |
| Synonyms: | chilly, close, damp, dewy, dripping, humid, moist, muggy, slimy, soggy, steamy, sticky, wet, wettish |
| Antonyms: | dry, parched |
| Main Entry: | damp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wet, humid |
| Synonyms: | clammy, cloudy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drippy, drizzly, irriguous, misty, moist, muggy, oozy, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, steam bath, steamy, sticky, vaporous, waterlogged, wettish |
| Antonyms: | arid, dessicated, dried, dry, parched |
| Main Entry: | humid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very damp, referring to weather |
| Synonyms: | boiling, clammy, close, dank, irriguous, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltering, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | arid, dry |
| Main Entry: | juicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moist |
| Synonyms: | dank, dewy, dripping, humid, liquid, luscious, lush, mellow, oily, oozy, pulpy, sappy, saturated, sauced, slippery, slushy, soaked, sodden, succulent, syrupy, viscid, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | moist |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wet, wettish |
| Synonyms: | clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, dripping, drippy, drizzly, humid, irriguous, muggy, not dry, oozy, rainy, soggy, teary, watery |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | muggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humid |
| Synonyms: | clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, moist, mucky, oppressive, soggy, sticky, stuffy, sultry |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuffy, aged |
| Synonyms: | airless, ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dried-out, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, moth-eaten, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stinking, foul |
| Synonyms: | bad, dank, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, funky*, fusty, gamy, graveolent, gross*, high, humid, loathsome, mephitic, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, off, offensive, olid, pungent, putrescent, putrid, rancid, reeking, repulsive, revolting, smelly, sour, stale, strong, strong-smelling, tainted, turned |
| Antonyms: | aromatic, perfumed, sweet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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