perfumed
/'pə:fju:md/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a pleasant, sweet smell: Describes something that naturally emits or is filled with a fragrant aroma.
- Impregnated or treated with perfume: Describes something that has been made to smell pleasant by the addition of a scented substance.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The perfumed air of the garden was delightful.
- She opened the box of perfumed stationery.
- The lotion is lightly perfumed with lavender.
Advanced Usage
- "Perfumed with": Used to specify the source or type of fragrance.
- The candle was perfumed with sandalwood and vanilla.
- Figurative Use: Can describe language or writing that is excessively ornate or sweet.
- He dismissed the poet's work as mere perfumed verse.
Variants and Related Words
- Perfume (n/v): The fragrant substance itself (n); to apply such a substance (v).
- She loves the perfume of jasmine. (n)
- She perfumed her hair with rose water. (v)
- Perfumery (n): The art or business of making perfume; a place where perfume is made or sold.
- Perfumer (n): A person who makes or sells perfume.
Synonyms
- Scented: Having a pleasant smell, often because something has been added.
- Fragrant: Having a pleasant, sweet smell.
- Aromatic: Having a strong, pleasant smell.
- Odorous: Having a smell (can be neutral, but often pleasant in context).
Antonyms
- Malodorous: Having an unpleasant smell.
- Stinking: Having a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Odorless: Having no smell at all.
Related Phrases
- Perfumed oil: Oil that has been infused with fragrance.
- Perfumed powder: A scented talcum or cosmetic powder.
Adjective
- having a natural fragrance
- odoriferous spices
- the odorous air of the orchard
- the perfumed air of June
- scented flowers
- filled or impregnated with perfume
- perfumed boudoir
- perfumed stationery
- scented soap