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musked

musked

7.9
Smelling strongly of a sweet animal scent often used in perfumes
  • adjective
  • /mʌskt/
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  • She wore a perfume that had a rich, musked aroma, making her presence unforgettable.

Examples

  • The air was thick with a musked fragrance, reminding everyone of the forest after rain.

  • This is the Narciso Rodriguez Fleur Musk and this smells pretty much as you would imagine, like a musky, florally scent.

  • In a pool of randomly chosen women, a man who has musked up with Sex Panther (a cologne illegal in 9 countries and made with bits of real panther, so we know it's good) will guarantee that from that pool at least 60% will be 100% attracted to the musked man.

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  • The candle emitted a warm, musky scent that filled the room with a sense of calm.

Synonyms

musky
vsmusked
9 5.5

A strong sweet smell that reminds you of an animal's scent

focuses more on the specific animal-derived scent strength
musk-scented
vsmusked
1 6.2

A warm, sweet smell like musk often used in perfumes

is the same meaning but used as a slightly different form
musky-scented
vsmusked
5.8

A strong, warm, slightly sweet smell often used in perfumes

is identical in meaning but spelled differently
civetlike
vsmusked
8.8

A strong musky animal smell like the scent of a civet used in perfumes

is broader and not limited to a single animal source

Antonyms

11 3.0

Not having any smell

How Musky

pungent
18 4.8
musked
7.9
odorless
  • US
11 3.0

Surface Forms

musked positive

Morphology

musked = musk (transparent) = musk + ed

Clear adjectival formation from the noun 'musk' using '-ed' to mean 'having the scent or quality of musk'.

Etymology

Musked comes from an old Asian word misk, which named the strong scent taken from the musk deer, and it shares the same root as musk and musky. So musked means something that 'has a musk-like smell'.