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Synonyms for smell

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : smel
Phonetic Transcription : smɛl

Top 10 synonyms for smell
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Définition of smell

Origin :
  • late 12c., "emit or perceive an odor," not found in Old English, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch smolen, Low German smelen "to smolder" (see smolder). However, OED says "no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages." Related: Smelled or smelt; smelling.
  • Smelling salts (1840), used to revive the woozy, typically were a scented preparation of carbonate of ammonia. Smell-feast (n.) "one who finds and frequents good tables, one who scents out where free food is to be had" is from 1510s ("very common" c.1540-1700, OED). Smell-smock "licentious man" was in use c.1550-c.1900. To smell a rat "be suspicious" is from 1540s.
  • noun odor
  • verb perceive with the nose
  • verb have an odor
Example sentences :
  • Then came smoke, the smell of scorching linen, and a cry of horror from Celine.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For in those days men could smell weather quite as well as the other animals.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There was a smell of cooking, and the people gathering between the huts.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • He could smell Indians in hiding and wood smoke three leagues away.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • But Colley ain't no good on Diablo, an' if he can smell Shandy, that settles it—it's all over.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The dripping of water reached the ear; the smell of dampness the nostrils.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • "I was thinking less of their leanness than of their smell," I returned.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • And, as sure as I'm a half-starved vagabond, I smell roast meat in it.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The smell of burning flesh was in the air, and horrid shrieks.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • How would they ever get the smell of the smoke of that sacrifice out of their nostrils?
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Antonyms for smell

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