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Antonyms for odorous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : oh-der-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ dər əs

Definition of odorous

Origin :
  • "fragrant," early 15c., from Medieval Latin odorosus, from Latin odorus "having a smell," from odor (see odor).
  • adj having fragrance
Example sentences :
  • It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Mutely together they moved through the lonesome, odorous twilight.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • The railway terminus will be odorous with garlic and the humanity of Italy.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
  • The day came on—glorious, odorous, golden—but we saw little of its beauty.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • It was enough to be seated here, close with her in the starry, odorous night.
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • It is shadowed and scented by a hundred sorts of odorous shrubs and flowers.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of America » by Tyrone Power
  • He pushed it open, and stepped into the odorous darkness of its interior.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • A cabbage stew, in progress on the stove, filled the room with an odorous steam.
  • Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster
  • I meant no comparisons; comparisons are odorous, saith Dogberry.
  • Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston
  • The neighbourhood may be odorous, but it is full of human possibilities.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 » by Various

Synonyms for odorous

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