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- [sent]
- /sɛnt/
- /ˈsen.tɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sent]
- /sɛnt/
Definitions of scented word
- noun scented a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses. 1
- noun scented an odor left in passing, by means of which an animal or person may be traced. 1
- noun scented a track or trail as or as if indicated by such an odor: The dogs lost the scent and the prisoner escaped. 1
- noun scented perfume. 1
- noun scented the sense of smell: a remarkably keen scent. 1
- noun scented small pieces of paper dropped by the hares in the game of hare and hounds. 1
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Origin of scented
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (v.) earlier sent, Middle English senten < Middle French sentir to smell < Latin sentīre to feel; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v. Cf. sense
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Parts of speech for Scented
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scented popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scented usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scented
adj scented
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- miasmic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
verb scented
- aromatized — Simple past tense and past participle of aromatize.
- deodorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deodorize.
- insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
- nosed — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
adjective scented
- fragrant — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- musky — of or like musk, as an odor: a musky perfume.
- odoriferous — yielding or diffusing an odor.
- odorous — odoriferous.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
noun scented
- whiffed — Simple past tense and past participle of whiff.
Antonyms for scented
adj scented
- inodorous — not odorous; odorless.
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