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odorous

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o·dor·ous  (dr-s)
adj.
Having a distinctive odor: odorous jasmine flowers; odorous garbage.
odor·ous·ly adv.
odor·ous·ness n.
odorous [ˈəʊdərəs]
adj
having or emitting a characteristic smell or odour
odorously  adv
odorousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.odorous - having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"
inodorous, odorless, odourless - having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers"
2.odorous - emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
odoriferous
ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
3.odorous - having a natural fragranceodorous - having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, perfumed, scented, odoriferous, sweet
fragrant - pleasant-smelling
Translations
odorous [ˈəʊdərəs] ADJ → oloroso
odorous
adj (esp poet) → duftend, wohlriechend
odorous [ˈəʊdərəs] adj (liter) → odoroso/a
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Elsewhere match that bloom of theirs, ye cannot, save in Salem, where they tell me the young girls breathe such musk, their sailor sweethearts smell them miles off shore, as though they were drawing nigh the odorous Moluccas instead of the Puritanic sands.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
"No more," responded Abel-Phittim----"no more shall we feast upon the fat of the land-no longer shall our beards be odorous with frankincense--our loins girded up with fine linen from the Temple.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Beneath the odorous shade of these magnificent trees fluttered and warbled a little world of brilliantly plumaged birds.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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