Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive smelling |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet, sweet-smelling |
| Antonyms: | acrid, bland, unsavory |
| 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: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly flavored |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, effluvious, hot, nosey, odoriferous, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking, strong, tangy, tart, whiffy, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
| Antonyms: | blah, bland, dull, flavorless, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | redolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aromatic; suggestive |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, balmy, evocative, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, remindful, reminiscent, scented, sweet-smelling |
| Notes: | redolent (an adjective) is customarily used of pleasant odors while reek (a verb) is used of odors that are sensorily unpleasing; redolent, 'emitting a strong odor or smell,' comes from Latin olere 'emit a smell' |
| Main Entry: | scented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragrant |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, smelling, spicy, sweet-smelling |
| Main Entry: | spicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pungent, flavorful |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, appetizing, aromal, aromatic, distinctive, fiery, flavorsome, fragrant, fresh, herbaceous, highly seasoned, hot, keen, odoriferous, peppery, perfumed, piquant, poignant, racy, redolent, savory, scented, seasoned, snappy, spirited, sweet, tangy, tasty, zesty, zippy |
| Antonyms: | bland, dull, flavorless, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | perfumed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aromatic |
| Synonyms: | fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumy, scented |
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| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, brackish, briny, escharotic, full-flavored, gamy, high-flavored, high-seasoned, high-tasted, hot, hot as pepper, meracious, mordacious, mordant, peppery, piperitious, piquant, pungent, racy, rough, saliferous, saline, salt, salt as Lot's wife, salt as a herring, salt as brine, seasoned, sharp, spicy, stinging, strong, unsavory, vellicating
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