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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong odor |
| Synonyms: | effluvium, fetor, mephitis, smell, stench, stink |
| 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: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | fumes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pollution, gas in air |
| Synonyms: | effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, haze, miasma, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapor |
| Main Entry: | miasma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effluvium |
| Synonyms: | fetor, foul air, fumes, gas, mephitis, odor, pollution, reek, smell, smog, stench, stink, vapor |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an odor |
| Synonyms: | be malodorous, funk, reek, smell to high heaven, stench, stink, whiff |
| Main Entry: | stink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smell badly |
| Synonyms: | be offensive, be rotten, funk, have an odor, offend, reek, smell up, stink to high heaven |
| Antonyms: | perfume |
| Main Entry: | tang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | biting taste or odor |
| Synonyms: | aroma, bite, flavor, guts*, kick*, nip, piquancy, pungency, reek, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, scent, smack*, smell, spiciness, tanginess, thrill, twang, zest, zip |
| Antonyms: | blandness, dullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vapor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fumes, mist |
| Synonyms: | breath, condensation, dampness, dew, effluvium, exhalation, fog, gas, haze, miasma, moisture, reek, smog, smoke, steam |
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| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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