odoriferous
1
8.5
- adjective
- /ˌoʊdəˈrɪfərəs/
- Formal
- She lit an odoriferous candle that filled the room with a delightful floral fragrance.
Examples
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Tata Jo would teach me how to bleed the vanilla beans and turn them into this odoriferous spice.
Fiction book (1997) -
A visiting English writer wrote of Louis that "all the odoriferous perfumes his courtiers could get him would not ease his nose, and still he smelled a filthy stench."
Fiction book (1990) -
The bakery was filled with the odoriferous scent of fresh bread and pastries.
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Walking through the garden, I was greeted by the odoriferous aroma of blooming jasmine.
Synonyms
52
2.3
A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added
31
2.2
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or soap
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
7
3.5
Gives off a strong smell that you notice quickly
4
3.0
Having a pleasant sweet smell
2
3.7
Having a very strong smell that you notice easily
1
5.5
Having a smell you can notice
1
3.0
Having a nice scent
1
8.7
Having a strong, pleasant smell like fresh bread or flowers
Antonyms
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Odoriferous comes from the Latin parts odor meaning 'smell' and -ferous meaning 'carrying', like in transfer ('to carry'). So it means 'carrying a smell' and is used for things that give off a pleasant or distinctive scent.