fragrant
Having a sweet, pleasant smell.
fragrant in a sentence
- The fragrant roses filled the whole garden with the smell of summer.
- The lavender field smelled fragrant, its sweet scent drifting all the way to the farmhouse.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to fragrant?
- Ascented
- Bstinking
- Cfoul
- Dsmelly
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A: scented. The other three mean the opposite of fragrant.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to fragrant?
- Aperfumed
- Bsmelly
- Cscented
- Dsweet
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B: smelly. The other three mean nearly the same as fragrant.
Words that mean something similar
scented, sweet, perfumed
Words that mean the opposite
smelly, foul, stinking
More words about weather & nature
- frigid: Extremely cold.
- gale: A very strong wind.
- glorious: Wonderfully beautiful or impressive.
- humid: Warm and damp, with lots of moisture in the air.
- infest: To swarm over a place in large, unwanted numbers.
- lethal: Able to cause death.
- lukewarm: Only slightly warm, or not very enthusiastic.
- lush: Growing thickly, green and healthy.
More words to explore
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