sweet-smelling
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Definition
Adjective: - Having a pleasant, agreeable, and often fragrant odor. It describes something that emits a naturally sweet or delightful smell.
Usage
Use "sweet-smelling" directly before a noun to describe it, or after a linking verb like "is," "was," or "smells." - It is a compound adjective formed from "sweet" and "smelling."
Examples
- The sweet-smelling blossoms filled the entire garden.
- Her hair was clean and sweet-smelling.
- We baked sweet-smelling bread in the morning.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive Emphasis: Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a strong sensory image.
- He remembered the sweet-smelling pine forests of his childhood.
Variants and Related Words
- Sweet-scented (adj): Having a sweet scent; very similar in meaning and usage to "sweet-smelling."
- Fragrant (adj): Having a pleasant smell. A more common synonym.
- Perfumed (adj): Scented with perfume; often implies an added fragrance.
- Aromatic (adj): Having a distinctive, often spicy or pleasant smell.
Synonyms
- Fragrant
- Aromatic
- Perfumed
- Redolent
- Sweet-scented
Antonyms
- Foul-smelling
- Malodorous
- Stinking
- Putrid
- Rank
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Sweet-smelling success: (Idiomatic) A very pleasant and successful outcome.
- After all their hard work, the project's completion was a sweet-smelling success.
Adjective
- having a natural fragrance
- odoriferous spices
- the odorous air of the orchard
- the perfumed air of June
- scented flowers