Synonyms:
redolent(p), smelling(p)
Meaning: (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
smell, smelling
Meaning: the act of perceiving the odor of something
Usage examples
It was close, dirty, and evil smelling.
"But what is he smelling?" asked the Doctor.
I saw her sharp-cut, florid face in profile, steadily bent and smelling.
"What's the matter with the dog? Is he SMELLING in his sleep--as well as talking?"
"A glass of water, quick!" cried the young man, and it was handed to him, and also a bottle of smelling salts.
Queer little books they were, time-yellowed and musty smelling, but to story-loving little Betty, hungry for something new, they seemed a veritable gold-mine.
At nine o'clock the next morning Melbury dressed himself up in shining broadcloth, creased with folding and smelling of camphor, and started for Hintock House.
The curiosity with which they spy into all places, and the thorough smelling which any new object invariably receives from them, commends to us the pursuit of knowledge, even under difficulties.
On attention to cleanliness depends, in some degree, the dog's exquisite sense of smelling; for, if accustomed to strong or disagreeable effluvia, he will be but ill-adapted to trace the fall of a deer, or scent of a fox.
So they talked on in subdued voices as people do who are in some holy place, sitting close together, looking out at the starlit sea, darkness and coolness gathering round them, and the grass smelling sweetly after the hot day, and the little waves, such a long way down, lapping lazily along the shingle, till Wemyss said it must be long past bedtime, and she, poor girl, must badly need rest.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cheese, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Royal Maundy, License CC BY-SA 4.0