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Antonyms for perfume

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun pur-fyoom, per-fyoom; verb per-fyoom, pur-fyoom
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈpɜr fyum, pərˈfyum; verb pərˈfyum, ˈpɜr fyum

Definition of perfume

Origin :
  • 1530s, "fumes from a burning substance," from Middle French parfum (16c.), from parfumer "to scent," from Old Provençal perfumar or cognate words in dialectal Italian (perfumare) or Spanish (perfumar), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + fumare "to smoke" (see fume (n.)). Meaning "fluid containing agreeable essences of flowers, etc.," is attested from 1540s.
  • noun scent, often manufactured and packaged for personal use
Example sentences :
  • She had taken the bouquet of violets and breathed the perfume to cool her feverishness.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "They soon lose their perfume," replied the sombre Old Year.
  • Extract from : « The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • How far away all that already was, and with what perfume had it not filled his life!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • In vain they woo him with their beauteous eyes and breath of perfume.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • The perfume of violet scent was almost unbearable, but he did not flinch.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • There was something solemn, a perfume of honesty and goodness about the room.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • And the handkerchief steeped in perfume went up from the nose to the eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • But her "front" was curled, and she was still saturated in perfume.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • All at once he was conscious of a perfume he knew, and of a girlish figure facing him.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The little bed chamber was fragrant with the perfume of flowers.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for perfume

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