redolent
2
8.3
- adjective
- /ˈrɛdələnt/
- Formal
:
evocador
- We stepped out of the house into a dusk that was redolent of broken drains.
Examples
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Walking through the old library, I was struck by the air redolent of aged books and history.
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A second thing you can say about them is that they seem redolent of meaning.
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My last six drawings will be redolent of the mystery.
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There was another pause, this one redolent with silent fury.
Fiction book (1997) -
To him, his meticulous approach and unvarying discipline seemed redolent of life.
Fiction book (2001) -
Three described fair, chaste, virtuous women, whose lives were redolent of sweetness.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yet Dad's choice of Ishmael's words for the title is strongly autobiographical, redolent of his own catastrophe recently survived.
Academic text (1993) -
In his autobiographical book, The Middle Five, Omaha informant and ethnographer Francis LaFlesche relates a simple scene redolent with meaning.
Academic text (2001) -
The garden was redolent of blooming roses, making the air sweet and fragrant.
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The song was redolent of my childhood, bringing back memories of long summer days.
Synonyms
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5.7
Reminds you of a person, time, or thing from the past
56
5.3
Like something else in style or appearance
23
6.7
Making you remember things or feel strong emotions
10
6.5
Making you remember a strong feeling or image
2
7.5
A strong smell or feeling that makes you remember something
Causing you to think of something from the past
Idioms
How Suggestive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Redolent comes from the Latin redolere, meaning 'to give off a smell', and from olere 'to smell', the same root as odor. Because smells often bring back memories, something 'redolent of' a time or feeling strongly suggests or reminds you of that thing.