fragrant
31
2.2
- adjective
- /ˈfreɪɡrənt/
- The air was alive with pollen and the fragrant blossoms of fruit trees.
- fragrant flowers
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- It's Kai body lotion and it smells so nice and fragrant.
- Oh man, that smell just smells so good, so fragrant.
- The casserole came out of the oven just in time for dinner in a fragrant cloud.
- And the smell lasts, you know, makes you smell fresh and fragrant all day.
- It's a little bit more floral, I would say, a little bit more fragrant.
- OK, so I'm actually going to use the Clay Depot powder since I have it and it's very nice and it's very fragrant.
- OK, so this one says fragrant notes of crisp, full breeze.
- It almost smells even more fragrant than taste.
- What only yields fragrant blades, lunatic seeds and downy shrouds.
Examples
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Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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From the meat rose fragrant steam that circled above the heads of the feasters.
Fiction book (1992) -
And let this day be fragrant with the love we bear one another.
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And the ones that are the most fragrant are the most deeply colored.
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Then rub it with fragrant oil and place it upon a green cloth.
Fiction book (1993) -
The casserole came out of the oven just in time for dinner in a fragrant cloud.
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May this food, so fresh and fragrant, call forth reverence for you in our souls.
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The blooms are very fragrant, and I love the big glossy leaves.
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A breeze sprang up, soft and fragrant, washing away the last of the day's lingering heat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fresh flowers adorn the vast halls of the hereafter, and the smells are fragrant and sweet.
Synonyms
76
1.0
Having a pleasant smell like flowers
52
2.3
A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added
19
2.3
Having a pleasant scent
15
4.1
Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers
9
4.1
Has a pleasant smell from perfume or flowers
9
3.5
Smelling or looking like flowers
4
3.0
Having a pleasant sweet smell
2
1.2
Having the smell of lemon
1
3.5
A thing that smells of sweet vanilla, like a candle or ice cream
1
8.6
Very pleasing to the taste or smell, like delicious food
1
3.0
Having a nice scent
1
3.3
A little sweet in taste or smell
1
3.4
A thing that smells like cinnamon
1
6.2
A warm, sweet smell like musk often used in perfumes
1
8.5
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or spices
1
7.1
Smelling like anise, a sweet spice like licorice
1
4.0
Having the warm smell of ginger
1
4.3
Smelling like candy
1
3.7
Having the sweet smell of honey
1
3.3
Having the fresh smell of mint
1
4.0
Has the warm smell of spices like cinnamon or cloves
1
3.5
Having a gentle smell like tea
1
6.1
Smelling sweet like honeysuckle flowers
1
3.5
A strong, cool taste and smell like mint
1
8.7
Having a strong, pleasant smell like fresh bread or flowers
Having a sweet, pine-like smell
Antonyms
Compounds
1
7.5
A type of orchid with many sweet-smelling pink, lilac, or red flowers on a tall stem
1
9.5
A low plant with small white flowers that smells sweet and is used to scent clothes or cover the ground
1
7.7
A low shrub with three-part leaves and red fruit that smell sweet when crushed
1
8.2
A plant that grows in shady woods with many long leaves that smell pleasant
A European plant that lives for several years and has a pleasant smell at the edges of woods
A small fern that grows on rocks in cool northern areas with brown stalks and long divided leaves
- Specialized
A wild flower like the fragrant orchid with smaller flowers, shorter stems, and very short spurs
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Morphology
fragrant = fragrance (transparent) = fragr + ant
The adjective's meaning is clearly derived from the noun 'fragrance' (having a pleasant smell), so learners who know 'fragrance' can infer 'fragrant'.
Etymology
The word fragrant comes from the Latin word fragrare, which means 'to smell sweet', and it shares the same root as the common word fragrance, so something fragrant is full of a pleasant smell.