What is "odoriferous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does odoriferous mean in English? Meaning of odoriferous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "odoriferous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "odoriferous": morally offensive

Adjective

  • Meaning: morally offensive
  • Example: odoriferous legislation
  • Synonyms: odoriferous
  • Similar: offensive unsavory unsavoury
  • Meaning of "odoriferous": emitting an odor

    Adjective

  • Meaning: emitting an odor
  • Example: odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack
  • Synonyms: odoriferous odorous
  • Similar: ill-smelling malodorous malodourous stinky unpleasant-smelling
  • Meaning of "odoriferous": having a natural fragrance

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having a natural fragrance
  • Example: odoriferous spices the odorous air of the orchard the perfumed air of June scented flowers
  • Synonyms: odoriferous odorous perfumed scented sweet sweet-scented sweet-smelling
  • Similar: fragrant
  • Adjective: Having an odor or fragrance. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 77, The tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 77, The tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.
  • Synonyms:

    fragrant, spicy, sweet, pungent, perfumed, scented, savory, ambrosial, balmy, redolent, sweet-smelling, spicy, sweet, aromatic, perfumed, delicious, savory, ambrosial, balmy, delectable, delightful, odorous, redolent, aromal, perfumy, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, aromatic, balmy, dank, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, moldy, musty, nauseous, offensive, perfumed, pungent, putrid, redolent, rotten, savory, scented, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, unsavory, effluvious, miasmic, odoriferant, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumy, reeking, savorous, scent-laden, scentful, skunky, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, whiffy, spicy, bitter, poignant, piquant, stinging, aromatic, peppery, sour, salty, tangy, sharp, acid, acrid, hot, racy, rich, seasoned, snappy, stinking, strong, tart, zesty, effluvious, nosey, whiffy, reminiscent, scented, perfumed, evocative, pungent, ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, remindful, sweet-smelling, spicy, redolent, perfumed, aromatic, ambrosial, balmy, delectable, odorous, smelling, aromal, perfumy, sweet-smelling, fragrant, seasoned, piquant, appetizing, hot, aromatic, tangy, peppery, tasty, fiery, sweet, savory, fresh, distinctive, ambrosial, flavorsome, keen, perfumed, poignant, racy, redolent, scented, snappy, spirited, zippy, zesty, aromal, herbaceous, highly seasoned, fragrant, scented, odorous, perfumy,

    Antonyms:

    stinking, flavorless, unsavory, bland, dull, tasteless, acrid, unpleasant, unsavory, distasteful, noxious, putrid, stinking, bland, tasteless, stale, odorless, pleasant, kind, blah, cheerful, flavorless, bland, dull, tasteless, mild, sweet, nice, good, calm, blunt, happy, bland, stinking, distasteful, unappetizing, unsavory, flavorless, moral, stale, bland, dull, cold, cool, old, tasteless, clean, decent,

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    odoriferous in English: odoriferous
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