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scented

The laundry basket is filled with clean-scented towels.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Having a pleasant smell; fragrant: Describes something that emits or is filled with a noticeable, typically agreeable, odor.
    • Having the odor or smell of a specific thing: Often used in combination to indicate the presence of a particular scent.
    • Impregnated or treated with perfume: Describes something that has had a fragrance added to it.
    • Having a keen sense of smell: Used to describe animals, particularly hounds, with an acute olfactory ability.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • She placed scented candles around the room to create a relaxing atmosphere.
    • The laundry came out clean and fresh-scented.
    • The garden was filled with beautifully scented roses.
    • Keen-scented dogs are essential for search and rescue operations.
Advanced Usage
  • Used in combination: The adjective is frequently combined with a noun or another adjective to specify the type of smell.
    • The lemon-scented cleaner left a fresh aroma in the kitchen.
    • He walked through the pine-scented forest.
Variants and Related Words
  • Scent (n/verb): The noun refers to a distinctive smell, especially a pleasant one. The verb means to impart a scent to or to detect by smell.
    • The scent of jasmine filled the air. (n)
    • The flowers scented the entire hallway. (verb)
  • Scentless (adj): Having no scent; odorless.
    • Some varieties of flowers are beautiful but scentless.
Synonyms
  • Fragrant: Having a sweet or pleasant smell.
  • Perfumed: Scented with perfume.
  • Aromatic: Having a strong, pleasant smell.
  • Odorous: Having a smell (can be neutral, pleasant, or unpleasant, but often used for strong smells).
Related Phrases
  • Scented with: Impregnated or flavored with a particular smell.
    • The soap was scented with lavender and chamomile.
Related Idioms
  • To follow one's nose / To be on the scent: While not directly using "scented," this idiom relates to the noun "scent" and means to pursue a course of action based on intuition or evidence.
    • The detective was on the scent of the criminal.
scented

The laundry basket is filled with clean-scented towels.

Adjective
  1. (used in combination) having the odor of
    • clean-scented laundry
    • a manure-scented barnyard
  2. having a natural fragrance
    • odoriferous spices
    • the odorous air of the orchard
    • the perfumed air of June
    • scented flowers
  3. filled or impregnated with perfume
    • perfumed boudoir
    • perfumed stationery
    • scented soap
  4. having the sense of smell
    • keen-scented hounds