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Antonyms for scent

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sent
Phonetic Transcription : sɛnt


Definition of scent

Origin :
  • late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).
  • Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, cf. scythe, and also scite, scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting.
  • noun smell, aroma
  • verb detect, smell
Example sentences :
  • Taking to the water threw the hounds off the scent of the track.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Tse-tse, who trusted me to keep the scent, was watching ahead for a sight of the quarry.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • We dropped behind a boulder and Tse-tse counted while I lifted every scent.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The professor, who was a kind-hearted man, drew a herring across the scent.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The scent of a big item was in his nostrils, and it stimulated him like champagne.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • A collection of German stories emitted a scent of brimstone.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Then, when he began to scent her purpose, she took another tack.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • They do not wear gloves, nor are they addicted to scent on their pocket-handkerchiefs.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • There was the scent of carrion in the air now; I saw it in his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The scent of blood in the moist air had made us wild beasts all.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

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