sweet-scented
- adjective
- /ˈswiːtˌsɛntɪd/
- Cool, sweet-scented air and flowers spilling over onto the sidewalks, houses pink in the early light, and the gravel path to the residential street and on into the park with the broad fields and the cricket matches on Saturdays.
- sweet-scented rose
- sweet-scented flowers
He says I didn't find peace and happiness in pleasant Groves or in games and singing, or in sweet scented spots or rich banquets.
- He says I didn't find peace and happiness in pleasant Groves or in games and singing, or in sweet scented spots or rich banquets.
Examples
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Kylona helped me stand up and led me off into the darkness to a mossy patch of ground beneath a sweet-scented flowering tree, where she made a bed of leaves for us, and we lay down to sleep.
Fiction book (1998) -
She lit a sweet-scented candle that filled the room with a comforting aroma.
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Your breath, sweet-scented as apples.
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Give me something sweet scented and I'm all about it and this smells great.
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Mm, the blushing, sweet-scented flower.
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Feta growled softly, remembering warm nights spent in the woods, rolling over in the long, sweet-scented grass.
Fiction book (1997) -
He says I didn't find peace and happiness in pleasant Groves or in games and singing, or in sweet scented spots or rich banquets.
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And though she was supplied with sweet-scented hand cream and blind dates of an almost impossibly high caliber, her parents had no end of rich friends with charming sons, an attachment to whom they thought might compensate for their daughter's unfortunate arrangement of hairs.
Fiction book (1995) -
The garden was filled with sweet-scented roses that attracted many bees.
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On warm summer days, the air was sweet-scented with blooming jasmine.
Synonyms
Having a pleasant smell like flowers
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or soap
A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added
Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers
Smelling or looking like flowers
Has a pleasant smell from perfume or flowers
Having a pleasant scent
A thing that smells of sweet vanilla, like a candle or ice cream
A little sweet in taste or smell
Having a nice scent
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or spices
Smelling like violet flowers
Having the sweet smell of honey
Smelling like candy
Antonyms
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweet-scented is a simple combination of sweet and scent, where sweet means 'pleasant, like sugar' and scent means 'smell'. So sweet-scented means 'having a pleasant smell', which is why we use it for flowers, perfumes, and fresh breezes.