smelled

VERB

perceive with the nose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breathe detect inhale sniff

STRONG

discover find identify nose scent snuff

WEAK

get a whiff

Antonyms

STRONG

lose miss pass by

VERB

have an odor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stink

STRONG

funk reek stench whiff

WEAK

be malodorous smell to high heaven

Example Sentences

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And they melled together so stoutly that the spears bent without breaking, and both twain are shifted in their saddles and lose their stirrups.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

Bot he, which hath his lust assised With melled love and tirannie, Hath founde upon his tricherie 4900 A weie which he thenkth to holde, And seith, "Fortune unto the bolde Is favorable forto helpe."

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)