ODOROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does odorous mean? 

• ODOROUS (adjective)
  The adjective ODOROUS has 3 senses:

1. having odor or a characteristic odor

2. emitting an odor

3. having a natural fragrance

  Familiarity information: ODOROUS used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ODOROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having odor or a characteristic odor

Context example:

fresh odorous bread

Similar:

violet-scented (smelling of violets)

vanilla-scented (smelling of vanilla)

tea-scented (smelling of tea)

tansy-scented; tansy-smelling (smelling of tansy)

strong-scented; strong-smelling (having a strong odor)

spice-scented (smelling of spices)

scented ((used in combination) having the odor of)

redolent; smelling ((used with 'of' or 'with') noticeably odorous)

pleasant-smelling (having an odor that is pleasing)

musk-scented; musky-scented (smelling of musk)

mint-scented (smelling of mint)

lemon-scented (smelling of lemons)

honey-scented (smelling of honey)

ginger-scented (smelling of ginger)

clove-scented (smelling of clove)

cinnamon-scented (smelling of cinnamon)

cedar-scented (smelling like cedar)

candy-scented (smelling of candy)

balsam-scented (smelling of balsam resin)

apple-scented (smelling of apples)

anise-scented (smelling of anise)

almond-scented (smelling of almond)

alliaceous (smelling of onions or garlic)

Attribute:

aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)

Antonym:

odorless (having no odor)

Derivation:

odor (any property detected by the olfactory system)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Emitting an odor

Synonyms:

odoriferous; odorous

Context example:

odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack

Similar:

ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having a natural fragrance

Synonyms:

odoriferous; odorous; perfumed; scented; sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling

Context example:

scented flowers

Similar:

fragrant (pleasant-smelling)

 Context examples 

The odors were taken from a collection of 128 odorous molecules with similar intensities, so that no one odor dominated.

(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)

I could see that the Professor had carried out in this room, as in the other, his purpose of using the garlic; the whole of the window-sashes reeked with it, and round Lucy's neck, over the silk handkerchief which Van Helsing made her keep on, was a rough chaplet of the same odorous flowers.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)