odorous
1odorous — odorous, fragrant, redolent, aromatic, balmy mean emitting and diffusing scent. Odorous applies to whatever has a strong, distinctive smell, whether it is pleasant or not {odorous flowers such as lilies, tuberoses, and narcissuses} {odorous… …
2Odorous — O dor*ous, a. [Written also {odourous}.] [L. odorus, fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.] Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet smelling. Odorous bloom. Keble. [1913 Webster] Such fragrant flowers do give… …
3odorous — (adj.) fragrant, 1540s, from M.L. odorosus, from L. odorus having a smell, from odor (see ODOR (Cf. odor)) …
4odorous — [adj] having fragrance aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory,… …
5odorous — [ō′dər əs] adj. having a pronounced odor odorously adv. odorousness n …
6odorous — adjective Date: 15th century having an odor: as a. fragrant b. malodorous • odorously adverb • odorousness noun Synonyms: odorous, fragrant, redolent, aromatic mean emitting and diffusing scent. odorous applies …
7odorous — adjective Having a distinctive odor. The table was piled with odorous lilies. Syn: odoriferous …
8odorous — See odorous, malodorous …
9odorous — o|do|rous [ˈəudərəs US ˈou ] adj literary or technical having a smell ▪ odorous gases …
10odorous — odour (US odor) ► NOUN 1) a distinctive smell. 2) a lingering quality or impression. ● be in good (or bad) odour Cf. ↑be in good odour DERIVATIVES odorous adjective …
