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| 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: | putrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, stinking |
| Synonyms: | bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, moldered, nidorous, noisome, off, putrefied, rancid, rank, reeking, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | fresh, perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | rancid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, strong-smelling |
| Synonyms: | bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, soured, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, turned, unhealthy, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | perfumed, sweet |
| Main Entry: | smelly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a bad odor |
| Synonyms: | evil-smelling, fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, high, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stinking, strong, strong- smelling, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | good-smelling, perfumed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reeky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smelly |
| Synonyms: | evil-smelling, fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, high*, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, olid, putrid, rancid, rank*, reeking, stinking, strong, strong- smelling, whiffy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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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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